Small Business Administration

Stockman Bank in Missoula has been working day and night the past few weeks to obtain Paycheck Protection Program loans for existing customers, as well as other Montana businesses who needed assistance.

Tester said many Montana small businesses are having trouble accessing the Small Business Administration’s website to apply for loans through the Paycheck Protection Act.

Montana Attorney General Tim Fox has written letters to the U.S. Small Business Administration to include casinos and other establishments that receive gambling revenue to be eligible for relief under the Paycheck Protection Program.

The U.S. Small Business Administration if offering low interest loans to businesses in several Montana counties who suffered losses during the summer of 2016 fire season.

The Montana Department of Commerce says April 30 to May 6 is being celebrated throughout Montana as Small Business Week.

One Montana town was named one of the top 10 college towns, according to a recent study.