KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 25, 2024, entitled "Montana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Montana had 33,000 job openings in April 2024, unchanged from March, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings rate in  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on June 25, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Alaska (5.4 percent), Idaho (5.3 percent), and Montana (5.1 percent) were among the states with the highest hires rates in April 2024. Hires rates increased over the month in 4 states, decreased in 2 states, and were little changed in 44 states and the District of Columbia. The largest increases occurred in Idaho (+1.0 percentage   more

WASHINGTON, June 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Possessing, discharging, and using fireworks are strictly prohibited on all Bureau of Reclamation lands and water bodies. These areas include multiple reservoirs, surrounding lands, and campgrounds across Montana, such as Anita Reservoir, Bighorn Reservoir, Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Clark Canyon Reservoir, Fresno Reservoir, Gibson Reservoir, Helena Valley Reservo  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: BILLINGS, Mont. - Possessing, discharging, and using fireworks are strictly prohibited on all Bureau of Reclamation lands and water bodies. These areas include multiple reservoirs, surrounding lands, and campgrounds across Montana, such as Anita Reservoir, Bighorn Reservoir, Canyon Ferry Reservoir, Clark Canyon Reservoir, Fresno Reservoir, Gibson Reservoir, Helena Valley Reservo  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release: U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Wednesday sentenced a St. Louis woman to 24 months in prison for conspiring to defraud a COVID-19 pandemic relief program. Jeannine Buford, 46, changed the name of an existing company to Couture Trading Inc. with the Montana Secretary of State's Office in April of 2020. She listed herself as the company president and Pors  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, June 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: A Browning man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation was sentenced on Monday to four years and eight months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Robbie Wayne Racine, 31, pleaded guilty in January to possession with intent to dis  more

BILLINGS, Montana, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: A former Bureau of Land Management employee who admitted to stealing thousands of dollars by forging a co-worker's signature on government checks was sentenced today to two years and seven months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Adrian Anthony Aragon, 53, of Butte, pleaded   more

BILLINGS, Montana, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: A federal jury on June 25 convicted a Missoula man accused of armed methamphetamine and fentanyl trafficking in the Missoula area of multiple drug and firearms crimes, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. After a two-day trial that began on June 24, the jury found Keith Andre Green, 50, guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute contr  more

BILLINGS, Montana, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: Today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich, for the District of Montana, announced criminal charges against a Whitefish physician in connection with alleged schemes to defraud Medicare and other government health program. The charges filed in federal court are part of the Justice Department's 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action. The charges stem   more

BILLINGS, Montana, June 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: A researcher at the University of Montana on June 27 admitted to charges of falsifying documents in a federal investigation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Braxton Alan Norwood, 43, of Marburg, Germany, pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with falsification of records in a federal investigation. Norwood face  more

BILLINGS, Montana, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: A Washington man who came to the Crow Indian Reservation to distribute methamphetamine in a large-scale conspiracy was sentenced today to seven years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, for his conviction of a drug trafficking crime, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Daniel Jiminez-Chavez, aka Raton, 40, of Okanogan, Washingt  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 26 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Small nonfarm businesses in nine Idaho counties and neighboring counties in Montana and Washington are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration, announced Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration. These l  more