MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Breanna Christopher Volkmar, 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs Prior to the SOAR exercise, the 341 MDG participated in Ready Eagle I and II, which are larger five- and three-day training exercise programs with similar intents. SOAR is a two-day exercise designed to sustain medical response capabilities focused on providing quality patient care, specifi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: RESTON, Va. Low-level helicopter flights are planned over a broad region in Idaho and Montana to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will be conducted from July 2024 for approximately 5 months, weather and wildfire restrictions permitting. Surveying may resume in the spring or summer of 2025 if data collection is not completed in 2024. Flights wil  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Small nonfarm businesses in 19 Montana counties and neighboring counties in Idaho 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 loans offs  more