Updated March 15 with new bites, and deleted the credit union as the city planning office incorrectly identified a permit for Clearwater Credit Union on 10th Avenue South, which is actually Montana Credit Union’s new location that we previously reported.

Tasty Hot Pot

Tasty Hot Pot opened at 11:30 a.m. March 19 at 215 3rd St. N,W., the former MT Pints, in front of the Staybridge Suites.

Business Bites: Pizza Ranch official; hot pots going into former MT Pints; Cascade Wholesale Meats rebranding and expanding; Great Falls Theatre Company summer show; Mi Rancho new location; Subaru flagpole; job fair; Fiber Forum; library programs; art exhibition opening

Protecting the Big Sky tour

The Commissioner of Securities and Insurance is hosting investor protection events across western Montana this March, including March 20 in Great Falls.

The events are part of the Protecting the Big Sky tour—a series of educational presentations to inform adults and seniors about common investment scams, and how to detect and prevent financial exploitation.

In 2023, consumers reported losing more than $4.6 billion to investment scams nationwide, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Last year, investment scams were the most reported scams in the U.S.

The event in Great Falls is 10-11 a.m. March 20 at the Paddock Club at Montana Expo Park.

For questions, contact Blair Stapleton at 406-46500441 or blair.stapleton@mt.gov.

Missouri River Barbershop

Missouri River Barbershop is now open at 1125 2nd Ave. N., No. 4.

Wendy’s

We heard another rumor going around, this time about a new Wendy’s location, so we checked with the franchise in Montana.

Their spokeswoman told The Electric, “as far as a second Wendy’s coming to Great Falls, we are still optimistic that something will fall into place in the future but are still working on it.”

The franchise in Montana, Wentana, is still in litigation over a location in West Bank.

Wendy’s franchise files suit over property deal

Malmstrom contract

The 341st Contracting Squadron awarded a $81,775 contract to to NorthCon, Inc. of Idaho to repair the roof at Missile Alert Facility M-01.

The period of performance for this award is 20 calendar days.

Unless otherwise stated, the bidding for this contract was open to all contractors and the contract was awarded based on performance-price trade-off to provide the best value to the government.

Montana Credit Union opening new location; Anderson Pharmacy merges with Billings company