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BILLINGS - Montana will host trade ministers from 21 Asian countries next spring, as the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), holds its 2011 meeting at Big Sky.

WASHINGTON DC -- Trade representatives from 21 different countries are coming to Montana in 2011 when Big Sky will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Trade Ministers meeting. Hosting it in Montana could bolster trade relationships and create and s

( National Science Foundation ) The use of prescribed burns to manage western forests may help the United States reduce its carbon footprint.Results of a new study find that such burns, often used by forest managers to reduce underbrush and protect bigger

The conventional wisdom, according to most economists, is that the United States is currently enjoying a gradual, but fragile, economic recovery from the damaging recession of the last few years. Montana is also widely expected to begin to see economic gr

Jim Heffernan raises the Irish flag Wednesday morning at thestart of Irish Heritage Day, an 18-year tradition held by theAncient Order of Hibernians-Helena. The flag was first introducedin 1848 by Thomas Francis Meagher — an Irish nationalist who lateri