BUFFALO, Wyoming, May 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a final supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS) and proposed amendment to its Buffalo Field Office land use plan (https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2021239/510). Release of the final SEIS and proposed amendment opens a 30-day public protest period. The BLM developed the SEIS and plan amendment in r  more

MILES CITY, Montana, May 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Bureau of Land Management has issued a final supplemental environmental impact statement and proposed amendment to its Miles City Field Office land use plan (https://eplanning.blm.gov/eplanning-ui/project/2021155/510). Release of the final SEIS and proposed amendment opens a 30-day public protest period. The BLM developed the SEIS and plan amendment in r  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 12 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 11 Montana counties of the June 10, 2024 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues cause  more

BILLINGS, Montana, May 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: A Butte man identified as a major drug supplier in an investigation was sentenced today to seven years and three months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, after he admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in the community, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Juan Jose Romero, 39, pleaded guilty to possession with i  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A Great Falls woman who admitted to a drug trafficking crime after law enforcement found fentanyl and methamphetamine in a vehicle she was driving was sentenced today to three years and two months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Courtney Price, 28, pleaded guilty in Janua  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A Helena man who admitted to a methamphetamine trafficking crime after law enforcement intercepted a package containing approximately three pounds of the drug was sentenced on Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Bret Russell Hamlin,   more

HELENA, Montana, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A Helena man who admitted buying fentanyl on the dark web using cryptocurrency and distributing some of it while using the rest was sentenced on May 13 to 15 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Jarek William Hahn, 30, pleaded guilty in December 2023 to possession with  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57109) involving REC Silicon, Butte, Montana: * * * Rep Org: REC Silicon Licensee: REC Silicon Region: 4 City: Butte State: MT License #: GL-654182-27 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Ty Murphy HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 05/07/2024 Notification Time: 10:29 [ET] Event Date: 05/07/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [MDT] Last Update Date: 05/07/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57109) involving REC Silicon, Butte, Montana: * * * Rep Org: REC Silicon Licensee: REC Silicon Region: 4 City: Butte State: MT License #: GL-654182-27 Agreement: N NRC Notified By: Ty Murphy HQ OPS Officer: Bill Gott Notification Date: 05/07/2024 Notification Time: 10:29 [ET] Event Date: 05/07/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [MDT] Last Update Date: 05/07/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news on May 14, 2024: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement today announced nearly $4.6 million in fiscal year 2023 funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to address dangerous and polluting abandoned mine lands (AML), create good-paying, family-sustaining jobs, and catalyze economic opportunity in coal communities i  more