Serving the Flathead Valley & Montana since 2006. A reality based independent journal of observation & analysis. © James Conner.
For the 17,520 Flathead men aged 25 to 54, the New York Times reports (interactive map) the unemployment rate is 21 percent ±2 percent. Figuratively speaking, one in five of the Flathead’s traditional breadwinners is on the breadline instead of the assembly line. Their women are working, but they are not. Some of this might be due to seasonal factors, but even so the percent of these men who are unemployed is far too high.