WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed two Acting U.S. Trustees, the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees announced today. Under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 585(a), the Attorney General may fill U.S. Trustee vacancies by appointing an Acting U.S. Trustee. Jonas V. Anderson has been appointed as the Acting U.S. Trustee for Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington (Region 18). Anderson repl  more

MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, Sept. 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Capt. Brett H. Albertson, 513th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- In August of 2023, the 513th Expeditionary RED HORSE Squadron was activated by Pacific Air Forces at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to advance theater posture and enable resilient basing in the Indo-Pacific region by setting infrastructure to facilitate Agile Combat Em  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release: GREAT FALLS -- A Fort Belknap man who admitted to firing a pistol at two women in a housing area on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation was sentenced today to four years and two months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Gilbert Raymond Martinez, 33, of Fort Belknap and Parshall, North Dakota, pleaded guilt  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department has selected 17 federally recognized Tribes to participate in the continued expansion of the Tribal Access Program for National Crime Information (TAP), a program that provides Tribal governments with means to access, enter, and exchange data with national crime information systems, including those maintained by the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division. This anno  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has approved an initial set of 78 communities across 47 states, territories, and the District of Columbia for designation under Section 1103 of the Violence Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022. The Justice Department - through its United States Attorney's offices (USAOs) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: A Billings man who admitted to obtaining methamphetamine and fentanyl from the dark web for distribution in the Billings community was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Ryan William Newhart, 29, pleaded guilty in May to possession with intent to   more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: A Billings woman convicted at trial by a federal jury of trafficking methamphetamine by using her U.S. passport to bring the drug across the Mexico border and into California for mailing to Montana for distribution was sentenced on Sept. 13 to 15 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said toda  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: A Butte woman convicted by a federal jury of trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl as part of a large drug ring that had a base Whitehall 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, Janet Dean White, 57, was found guilty of conspiracy to distribute   more

BILLINGS, Montana, Sept. 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: A Lame Deer woman admitted today to selling methamphetamine on the Northern Cheyenne Indian reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Emma Jewell King, 62, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. King faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine and at least three years of supervised release. U.S.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: Bozeman, Mont. -- Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that Bridger Bowl Ski Area of Bozeman, Montana, is among three winners of Region 8's 2024 Regional Pollution Prevention Recognition Awards. These businesses have demonstrated leadership in innovative pollution prevention (P2) practices which reduce, eliminate or prevent pollution at its source prior to   more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 20 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service issued the following news: * * * NOAA Atlas 14 is the authoritative source for precipitation frequency information; used in flood risk management and infrastructure design * * * NOAA's National Weather Service has updated Atlas 14 with Volume 12, covering Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Volume 12 covers a range of storm durations, from 5 minutes to 60 days, and average annual recur  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Sept. 17, 2024, ahead of a briefing regarding the ongoing wildfire season response and federal efforts to reduce wildfire risk: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Okay? I'm about to receive a briefing on everything we're doing to support the people and communities threatened by these horrific wildfires. And they're -- and they're devastating. I -- as I was saying to my staff before you came in, since I've been president, I've flown   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2024: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Small nonfarm businesses in eight South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming 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  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: SIDNEY, Mont., Sept. 18, 2024 - Scientists at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Northern Plains Agricultural Research Laboratory (NPARL) (https://www.ars.usda.gov/plains-area/sidney-mt/northern-plains-agricultural-research-laboratory/), in Sidney, Montana, completed a study that shows the use of continuous cropping systems can better sustain crop yields wh  more