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Federal Tipoffs Involving Montana Newsletter for Sunday June 21, 2020 ( 5 items )  

Mont. U.S. Attorney: Justice Department Observes 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
BILLINGS, Montana, June 16 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Kurt G. Alme, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme joined Attorney General William P. Barr and the entire Department of Justice in observing the 15th Annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. The Department echoes voices around the world condemning elder abuse, neglect and exploitation. The COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for our country and the world, but among those most se  more

Montana FSA: USDA Offers Low-Interest Loans for Agricultural Producers in Montana Impacted by Natural Disasters
BOZEMAN, Montana, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: Montana agricultural producers who lost property due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) physical loss loans. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers these low-interest loans to agricultural producers in McCone County who incurred losses due to excessive rain, hail and high winds that occurred May 20, 2020.  more

Montana FSA: USDA Offers Low-Interest Loans for Agricultural Producers in Montana Impacted by Natural Disasters
BOZEMAN, Montana, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: Montana agricultural producers who lost property due to recent natural disasters may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) physical loss loans. The Farm Service Agency (FSA) offers these low-interest loans to agricultural producers in McCone County who incurred losses due to excessive rain, hail and high winds that occurred May 20, 2020.  more

National Park Service: 165 Yellowstone Employees Test Negative for COVID-19 in Third Round of Surveillance Tests
MAMMOTH, Wyoming, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: For the third week in a row after conducting COVID-19 surveillance testing on Yellowstone employees, all tests came back negative. On June 10, health officials from Park County, Montana, tested 165 employees from the National Park Service and concession companies operating in the park. This brings the total number of employee tests completed in the past 17 days to 387. Mov  more

National Park Service: Tourism to Yellowstone Creates $642 Million in Economic Benefits
MAMMOTH, Wyoming, June 18 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 4 million people to Yellowstone in 2019 spent $507 million in communities near the park. That spending supported 7,000 jobs in the local area and had a cumulative benefit to the local economy of $642 million. "The positive economic impacts of Yellowstone are essential to economies of Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho," said Su  more