BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Alone, with a few weeks' worth of clothes and food packed into his 1991 Nissan Maxima, 16-year-old Nathan Cooper made the two-day drive from Nevada to Montana to enroll in flying lessons out of the local airport on the weekends. At the time, learning to fly was a passion he grew up with, but it hadn't yet dawned on him that this trip would end up being his start down the road of a family tradition. More than 50   more

MARION, Montana, July 11 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: The Bonneville Power Administration is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for tips about trespassing, recreational shooting and vandalism on power line corridors near Marion, Montana. The specific location of the problem activity is north of Little Bitterroot Lake off of Pleasant Valley Road. In addition to shooting, individuals tore down signs. "Shooting near power lines is dangerous," said BPA  more

HELENA, Montana, July 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Kurt G. Alme, issued the following news release: A Montana psychiatrist who admitted to unlawfully prescribing and abusing an opioid was sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $4,000, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. In addition, as part of his sentence the psychiatrist cannot prescribe any controlled substance during his five years of probation. Richard E. Mitchell, 35, pleaded guilty in March to  more

HELENA, Montana, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: MONTANA HIGHLIGHTS Winter wheat production in Montana, based on conditions as of July 1, 2020, is forecast at 71.05 million bushels, according to the July 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is down 8 percent from the June 1   more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will survey producers in 32 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, for its Small Grains Crops County Estimates Survey (Crops CE). The survey will collect information on total acres planted and harvested, and to  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: Jason Taylor, Superintendent at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, in Skagway, Alaska, has been selected as Director for the Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute, Rocky Mountain Research Station, in Missoula, Montana. "I look forward to serving wilderness and wilderness values, and leading scientific efforts to help managers more effectively steward wilderness a  more