POWIDZ, Poland, July 13 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: The 652nd Regional Support Group took a big step in wrapping up their 10-month deployment to Poland on Wednesday when they held a Relief in Place/Transfer of Authority ceremony at Powidz Air Base in Powidz, Poland. The 652nd, an Army Reserve unit from Helena, Montana, was the first Army Reserve unit to conduct base operations for the U.S. military in Poland. During the RIP/TOA, the 652nd RSG transferred authori  more

WHITEHALL, Montana, July 17 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: A proposal to improve the current water treatment and distribution system for the city of Whitehall, Montana is currently available for public comment through August 15, 2020. The proposed project would include improving an existing city building to accommodate the installation of a new ion exchange water treatment system to address uranium in the water supply. The proposed project  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, July 14 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following article by President and CEO Neel Kashkari entitled "Why the Institute? Why this Magazine?": When I moved to the Federal Reserve's Ninth District, which spans an area from Michigan's Upper Peninsula to Montana, I was struck by a disturbing paradox. The diversity and strength of our economy are inspiring. We have a well-educated, high-performing workforce an  more

BILLINGS, Montana, July 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Kurt G. Alme, issued the following news release on July 10: The former president of Custom Carbon Processing, Inc. was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised release and fined $50,000 for his actions related to an explosion that injured three workers at the company's oil processing plant in Wibaux, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said. A jury in September found Peter Margiotta, 63, of Edmonton, Albe  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced the acceptance of more than 1.2 million acres in the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Grasslands during the recent signup period that began March 16 and ended May 15. The number of acres offered during this signup period was 1.9 million acres, over 3 times the num  more