With oil prices on the mend, and an incoming president who is no enemy to drilling, energy companies in the U.S. are hiring again. In Williston, the North Dakota town that sits at the epicenter of the ...

Last year, when low oil prices cut North Dakota's Bakken drilling in half, things in Montana really didn’t look much different. It turned out the Treasure State really didn’t have much wealth beneath ...

Interested in working in the Bakken oil field? Montana State University Billings and the Billings Job Service are sponsoring a meeting Feb. 23 to answer questions about how to apply for jobs and what ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Job openings are booming in central North Dakota and the Bakken oil patch, according to a regional report released last week. Job Service North Dakota’s latest report found that ...

After he graduates this spring, he hopes to get a job in Billings -- 220 miles in the opposite direction of the Bakken. McClure doesn’t believe his oilfield job will go away like so many have in this ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Even though the number of rigs drilling the Bakken drops daily, Williston Job Service manager Cindy Sanford said her office isn’t slowing down. Sanford said people looking for oil ...

When it comes to Bismarck-Mandan's economy, Brian Ritter is an optimistic guy. “It’s that stability, that diversity, it’s the opportunity that’s available here in Bismarck-Mandan for employers and ...

Just like three years ago, Deb Lesmeister and the small crew that works for her siding business still loads up the super duty Chevy pickup, hitches it to an enclosed trailer with dual axles and drives ...

With the price for a barrel of crude oil hovering below $50 per barrel, the wives and girlfriends of the men who came to the Bakken to work are facing worries of their own. They moved to Williston, ...

Declining oil prices will hurt the Bakken, but most likely benefit Montana as gas prices fall, economists say. Montana has mostly watched from the sidelines as the oil boom unfolded in North Dakota.

Mike Irvin, a co-owner of Dick Irvin trucking in Shelby, was not surprised to learn of a state projection that truck drivers are expected to continue to be in high demand for some time. "Everybody's ...