Amazon cuts the ribbon on Missoula facility, first in Montana

E-commerce giant Amazon touted its first Montana logistics facility in an event Wednesday, holding a ceremonial ribbon-cutting at the Missoula-area operation with Gov. Greg Gianforte and Missoula County Commissioner Dave Strohmaier. The cavernous, 71,000-square-foot building is just northeast of the Wye, where U.S. Highway 93 splits off of Interstate 90 en route to Kalispell. Amazon representatives said the company has hired about 100 employees at the site, not counting delivery drivers who technically work for independent contractors, and is processing between 6,500 and 7,000 packages a d