Wondering what they're building next to REI? Surprisingly, it's not another coffee shop, bank, casino, or car wash (although one of those are going up nearby).
Yesteryears Antique Mall is moving to the former Hart Albin building. In its place, a new mixed-use high rise is planned. It will be the 4th tallest building in Montana.
I like beer, peanuts, popcorn and caramel. So when I heard a longtime Billings candy shop has combined all four flavors... I had to stop by and check it out.
Another day, another big retailer is in trouble.
At one time in the not-so-distant past, places like JCPenny, Blockbuster, and Kmart were considered virtually unstoppable. If you would have said, in let's say 1995, that any of those aforementioned businesses would be struggling or basically non-existent by 2023, people would have laughed in your face.
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If you lose your local paper, you lose the majority of your local coverage. So we'll get fewer pictures of small-town parades, criminals to be on the lookout for, and somebody's kids making a basket in the big school tournament.