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People in the Havre area who are in need of a ride now have a new option. Aneta Jones of Havre, a first-time business woman, has launched Hi-Line Taxi. It will join Town Taxi as one of two taxi service providers in the city of Havre. Before launching the new taxi service, Jones worked for five years with the Center for Mental Health, where her duties included driving patients to doctor's appointments and errands. Jones said she first got the idea to go into business for hersel...
Press release Anderson ZurMuehlen has announced that Debra Armstrong has been hired as senior staff for controller services at Anderson ZurMuehlen. Armstrong has more than 15 years of experience in business management, accounts receivable, accounts payable, QuickBooks and payroll. She has worked as an accountant for various businesses. Armstrong is a QuickBooks ProAdviser and has certifications in human resources and supervision from Green River Community College in Auburn,...
Press release Brenda Way Rubino and Willard Fladager have qualified for the 2016 Waddell & Reed Circle of Champions conference, which recognizes the company's top financial advisers. This year's event takes place today through Sunday in Phoenix. This gathering - bringing together Waddell & Reed advisers from around the nation - is held each summer in a major U.S. city. Selection is based on an analysis of investments, insurance and financial planning sales generated by the...
Press release The Havre Assistance for Business Clinic is set for Wednesday, June 22, at the Hensler Auditorium in the Applied Technology Center on the Montana State University-Northern campus. ABC is a partnership between the Havre Area Chamber of Commerce and the state of Montana. The Havre Chamber has partnered with the state to bring this workshop to Havre for more than 25 years as a service to the businesses. The Chamber sponsors education opportunities for Havre businesses throughout the year. “If you are in b...
Press release Independence Bank announced that Karene Faber has been promoted to assistant vice president of consumer lending. In her new position, Faber will oversee the consumer lending and one to four family residential real estate departments for the six branch locations including Havre, Poplar, Scobey, Conrad, Malta and Glasgow. "We are very pleased to see Karene move into this new leadership role with Independence Bank. As part of the management team, Karene's knowledge...
Press release Hill County Electric Cooperative has announced that its employee Spencer Payne has completed one of the world’s most comprehensive training programs for power line personnel. The Merchant Job Training and Safety Program is technical training administered to line personnel in 40 states throughout the United States. Completing the training is an important accomplishment as he moves toward becoming a journeyman lineman. Payne will obtain this status once he has completed an additional 850 hours of on the job t...
Paris Ralston and Amber Wells are turning their artistic talents into business. Both women are the owners of The Rabbit Hole, a new portrait studio and boutique in the Holiday Village Mall of Havre. Ralston said the joint studio-boutique was initially born of a light hearted conversation between her and Wells, a photographer "So we were just kind of joking around one day and the idea just popped between us," she said. The Rabbit Hole officially opened in March, but held their...
Amanda Rehon Havre Daily News Growing up, Amy Jones and her mother, Lin Deutscher, dreamed of opening their own shop together, filled with the crafts and sewing projects that they collaborated on. Inside Coffee Crafts at 324 2nd St. Suite B, people can see their dream has not only come to fruition but evolved into something even greater. The owner of Coffee Crafts, Amy Jones, has been a Havre resident since 1994. She is a full-time nurse, wife, mother of two and self-proclaime...
Those looking to satisfy a sweet tooth will have one less place to go in downtown Havre. Ernie and Terri Biem, owners of The Candy Shoppe, will be closing their store in the Atrium Mall this Saturday and converting to online-only sales. The Candy Shoppe is a franchise of Candy Bouquet International, which specializes in making candy bouquet arrangements. The Texas-based company’s website said it has more than 300 franchises around the globe. The Biems said they made the decision to close their store and move their f...
Not many people think of including the airport in a list of public transportation infrastructure. Fewer still would think of changing their retirement plans to help revitalize that service, but that is exactly what pilots Roger Lincoln and Tony Dolphay did in Havre. It's a typical Saturday morning at Havre City-County Airport and a crowd of pilots from around the area are trickling in to the fixed base operation - the airport equivalent of a gas station, called an FBO. Tony...
From Independence Bank Mike Kellam has been promoted to a loan officer at Independence Bank, serving ag and commercial customers. He previously served as a credit analyst at the bank and worked for Triangle Communications before starting at the bank in 2014. Kellam grew up on the family ranch south of Chinook and graduated from Chinook High School. He attended Montana State University in Bozeman and finished his business degree in Havre at Montana State University-Northern....
Greg Wood has wanted to open a coffee shop for sometime, and his dream is now a reality. Wood, who grew up in Havre but moved away before coming back a few years ago, said he thought about starting a coffee shop several times. However it wasn't until he moved back to Havre that he actually began laying the groundwork to do so. "And it just seemed like the time and the place to do it," Wood said. The 2nd Street Barista began serving customers, Saturday, March 5, though they...
Press Release Kristen Comstock of Lorang Law LLC has recently attended the Family Law Bootcamp seminar. This seminar is put on by the National Business Institute. Topics covered included "The Mechanics of Valuing and Dividing Marital Property," "Child Custody, Parenting Plans and Paternity Actions" and "Enforcing the Judgment and Contempt Proceedings." Comstock said she returned from the seminar with an increased knowledge in family law and looks forward to putting this...
Press release Lorang Law PC has announced that Lindsay Lorang recently attended the Advanced Family Law Seminar. The seminar is put on by the State Bar of Montana. Topics covered included "Assisted Reproductive Technology Law," "Surrogacy and Egg Donation Agreements" and an update on recent legislation and Montana Supreme Court family law decisions. Lorang returned from the seminar with an increased knowledge in cutting-edge family law issues and said she looks forward to...
Press release Independence Bank of Havre has received an A-plus health rating from DepositAccounts.com. This is the eighth quarter in a row the bank received the highest rating possible from the website. About 10 percent of the 6,200 banks evaluated get the high rating, a DepositAccounts spokesman said. Each institution is graded on a number of factors, including capitalization, deposit growth, and loan to reserve ratios, in order to determine a comprehensive health rating....
Press release Independence Bank has promoted Joanna Skiff to operations manager. "Joanna's extensive experience with operations, along with her years of banking experience, will help us increase operational performance at all six of our branches," said Dawn Crowder, vice presi-dent of operations and finance at Independence Bank. "As part of the bank's management team, her leadership will be instrumental to the continued growth and success of our bank." Skiff, a Malta native,...
Press release Craig Tilleman of Tilleman Motor Co., a Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC dealer in Havre, has been given one of 50 dealers of the year award from Time magazine. He will be honored at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Exposition in Las Vegas April 1. The award winners are "business leaders and pillars of their communities, who have each given generously to support important charitable causes," said Tim Russi, president of Ally Auto...
Press release Sen. Jon Tester today announced he is hosting his 16th Small Business Opportunity Workshop in Billings on Accessing Capital: Financing your Business in the 21st Century. Tester's workshop will focus on helping Montana small businesses maximize their potential by connecting entrepreneurs with the capital they need to start up and grow in the 21st century. "Accessing capital is one of the biggest challenges facing small businesses in Montana," Tester said. "My...
Press release The Montana Small Business Development Center Network will be hosting their seventh annual Invest in Success small business conference on March 15-16 in Havre at the Montana State University-Northern campus. The Montana Small Business Development Centers are a statewide network of 10 regional centers serving all 56 counties in Montana. The SBDC staff offer professional business counseling to emerging and growing small businesses in all stages of business. The...
Press release HELENA — Montana entrepreneurs Sarah Calhoun and Scott Brown today joined Gov.Steve Bullock to launch the Montana Business Navigator, a new online service that guides prospective business owners and entrepreneurs through a streamlined process of identifying the necessary registrations, licenses, and permits needed to start a business in Montana. “Montana’s small businesses are a driving force of our state’s growing economy,” Bullock said in a press release. “The Montana Business Navigator is the result of f...
Press release HELENA – The Montana Small Business Development Center Network is encouraging entrepreneurs to submit their business ideas for consideration at the third annual “Shark Tank”-style live pitch competition at the Montana SBDC Invest in Success small business conference to be held March 15–16 in Havre. “The entrepreneurial spirit in Montana runs deep, and this event puts a spotlight on the innovation and enthusiasm of Montana entrepreneurs,” said Department of Commerce Director Meg O’Leary. “The competition off...
Press release Jennifer Forsyth, an attorney with Lorang Law PC., has recently attended the 63rd Annual Montana Tax Institute. The seminar is put on by the University Montana School of Law. Topics covered included "Business Succession Planning, "Wealth Transfer Tax Planning: Federal and Montana Recent Developments," and an update on the annual federal income tax. Forsyth said she returned from the seminar with increased knowledge in estate planning and looks forward to putting...
