SEATTLE, Washington, May 11 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Seattle District issued the following news release: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' water managers, along with federal, tribal, and state fishery biologists determined spring run-off conditions in the Kootenai River and its tributaries warrant starting the required flow augmentation at Libby Dam, Montana, for endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon downstream in Idaho and British Columbia. The flow augmentation operation entails in  more

MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, May 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: The community can expect an increase in the presence of emergency vehicles and helicopters. Installation gate access may be affected as enhanced security procedures are performed on inbound traffic. The exercise involves extensive planning and coordination with federal and civil agencies and provides a unique training opportunity for the Air Force and its mission partner  more

BILLINGS, Montana, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: A Lodge Grass man who admitted running a large-scale, multi-state methamphetamine trafficking organization from his home on the Crow Indian Reservation and beating a woman with a weapon was sentenced today to 15 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Wendell Monroe Lefthand, 55,  more

BILLINGS, Montana, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: A Lodge Grass woman accused of trafficking methamphetamine as part of large-scale, multi-state conspiracy that was based on the Crow Indian Reservation admitted to a drug crime on Tuesday, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Sayra Longfox, 26, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. Longfox faces a mandatory minimum of five years t  more

BILLINGS, Montana, May 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 8, 2024: A Washington woman who admitted to working as a translator and helping a co-defendant sell meth in a large trafficking scheme based on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to three years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Mariana Tyler Wallace, 23, of Okanogan, Washingt  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on May 7, 2024: * * * The May 2024 water supply outlook report is now available. Learn more about snow water equivalent measurements and water supply forecasting in this month's news release based on Montana snow survey data collected through the SNOTEL system. * * * Well above normal precipitation during April was needed given the meager snowpack conditio  more

GLASGOW, Montana, May 11 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on May 9, 2024: * * * Settles Federal Charges the Power Company's Former General Manager Sexually Harassed and Retaliated Against His Subordinate * * * NorVal Electric Cooperative, Inc., a utility serving Northeast Montana, agreed to pay $50,000 to a former employee and provide other injunctive relief to resolve a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employme  more