Local businesses manage heavy workload with fewer hands
Cashier, Crystal Lower, rings up a customer Thursday afternoon at Your Turn Mercantile in Bigfork. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Employee Haakon Sande is pictured inside Bigfork Anglers Fly Shop. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Charity Neal, rings up a customer Thursday afternoon at Your Turn Mercantile. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
The Pocketstone Cafe is closed Sunday and Mondays due to a lack of staff, according to a sign on their front door. Mackenzie Reiss/Bigfork Eagle
Service industry businesses ranging from gas stations to restaurants are busier than ever this summer as tourists and newcomers flock to the Flathead Valley. Meanwhile, the state is also battling a labor shortage coupled with a skyrocketing housing market, leaving many local businesses with fewer hands to share the growing workload. ...
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