RHINELANDER, Wisconsin, Feb. 24 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest - issued the following news release: Sitka Pence is the new Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest Deputy Forest Supervisor. She recently moved with her family from Montana. Sitka gained an appreciation for natural resources and the great outdoors while growing up in Alaska, Idaho, and Nevada. She began her career with the USDA Forest Service in 2002 whi  more

HELENA, Montana, Feb. 25 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $11,390,000 to the state of Montana from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure through this year's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). The funding will support Montana communities in upgrading essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure that protects public health and treasured water bodies. Nearly  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2023: U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced today a $1,387,530 award to the Montana Board of Crime Control as part of the Justice Department's Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program. The award to Montana was among 49 awards to states, territories and the District of Columbia. The investment of more than $231 million nationwide will fund state crisis int  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2023: A Kalispell man accused of threatening to injure and murder Montana U.S. Senator Jon Tester was arraigned on Feb. 23 on an indictment, the U.S. Attorney's Office said today. Kevin Patrick Smith, 45, pleaded not guilty to an indictment filed on Feb. 22 charging him with two counts of threats to injure and murder a United States Senator. If convicted of th  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2023: A California man who admitted to a drug trafficking crime for shipping methamphetamine from the Sinaloa Cartel into the Butte community for redistribution was sentenced today to eight years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Heriberto Tavares, 30, of Anaheim, California, pleaded guilty i  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2023: A Kalispell woman who admitted to funneling millions of dollars overseas in a money mule scheme that defrauded victims was sentenced today to 57 months in prison, ordered to pay $2,043,340 restitution and to serve three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Theresa Anne Chabot, 58, pleaded guilty in September 2022 to unlice  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: The National Transportation Safety Board opened the public docket Tuesday for its ongoing investigation of the Sept. 25, 2021, derailment of Amtrak's Empire Builder passenger train near Joplin, Montana. The docket for this investigation includes more than 3,100 pages of factual information, including reports on operations, mechanical, track and engineering, signal and train control, and crashwor  more