The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) articles from August 2004

The Billings Gazette (Billings, MT) archives from August 2004

Top executive of Billings, Mont.-based Big Sky Airlines resigns.
August 5, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 5--Big Sky Airlines Co. said Wednesday its top executive has resigned to "pursue personal interests." President and Chief Executive Kim Champney moved to Billings in January 1998 from San Antonio, Texas, to...

Federal aid helps young Montana parents stay in high school.
August 8, 2004... Byline: Mary Pickett Aug. 8--Mary Old Elk of Hardin needed a fast track toward a degree so she could keep her job as program director of the Even Start program with the Hardin School District. The federally funded program helps young...

Billings Gazette, Mont., Jan Falstad column.
August 8, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 8--The building going in across from the Billings Area Chamber of Commerce on South 27th Street will house 35 people who process mail. Mailing Technical Services, now at 2817 Second Ave. N., has outgrown the...

Montana relatives take vehicle repair, reconditioning service on the road.
August 8, 2004... Aug. 8--One of the oldest pieces of business advice is to avoid going into business with family members. It works for some, but a lot of families have been divided by spats over money and direction. That hasn't been a problem for Devon...

Federal overtime rules may make many Montanans' extra work exempt.
August 8, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 8--Overtime pay -- used for everything to help with life's frills or to fund basic needs -- may be a luxury of the past under federal rules that kick in Aug. 23. New U.S. Department of Labor regulations, backed...

Bid accepted for Great Falls, Mont., gas plant.
August 13, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 13--The unfinished natural-gas plant in Great Falls that NorthWestern Energy mothballed after spending millions of dollars is apparently being sold. The company signed a contract with an unnamed buyer July 18....

PPL Montana wants to supply all NorthWestern Energy needs.
August 17, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 17--PPL Montana wants to extend and deepen its hold on supplying power to its largest Montana customer, NorthWestern Energy. Under its current contract, PPL supplies 70 percent of the electricity NorthWestern...

Power plant just one development boosting Hardin, Mont.'s economy.
August 28, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 28--The last time a coal-fired power plant was built in Montana was the Colstrip 4 plant nearly 20 years ago. Now, after much talk and planning, Centennial Energy Resources LLC has moved its Hardin project off...

Hardin, Mont., power plant to help area economic development.
August 28, 2004... Byline: Jan Falstad Aug. 28--The noise from a power plant being built just north of Hardin is sweet music to Paul Green's ears. As economic development director for the city of Hardin, Green is seeing construction dollars pumping life...