WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued the following program update: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is making available to the public three draft environmental assessments (EA) addressing Federal involvement in portions of Montana for the Rangeland Grasshopper and Mormon Cricket Suppression Program. Persons wishing to comment on the EA# MT-1-2023-28, EA# MT-2-2023-28  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, March 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: A California man suspected of armed fentanyl trafficking in the Great Falls area admitted to charges today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Casey Louis Ream, 37, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and to prohibited person in possession of a firearm. Ream faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine an  more

BILLINGS, Montana, March 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: A former Missoula nurse who admitted to diverting opioid drugs while working at St. Patrick Hospital was sentenced today to three years of probation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Caitlin Ashley Evans, 37, pleaded guilty in November 2022 to obtaining controlled substances by fraud, deception and subterfuge. U.S. District Judge Donald W. Moll  more

BILLINGS, Montana, March 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on March 21, 2023: A Stevensville man convicted in a large-scale operation to make and distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine pills that looked like legal prescription drugs, which he sold by the thousands while illegally possessing a firearm, was sentenced today to 16 years in prison, to be followed by seven years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich  more

BILLINGS, Montana, March 24 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: A Washington man who admitted to a drug trafficking crime after law enforcement found fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin and a loaded 9mm handgun in a search of his Billings hotel room and truck was sentenced today to 11 years and three months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said.   more

MISSOULA, Montana, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: As grizzly bears begin to emerge from their dens this spring in search of food, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other wildlife managers are asking for the help of residents and visitors in grizzly country to #KeepBearsWild. The Service reminds the public to remain vigilant and take proactive actions to avoid bear conflicts. Male grizzly bears tend to emer  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on March 23, 2023: * * * Congressional Republicans' Plans To Gut Medicaid and the ACA Would Have Devastating Consequences in Montana Congressional Republicans' have yet to release a budget, but the plans that have been offered and reported so far are a five-alarm fire for American families - especially when it comes to their health care costs. Not only has virtually every Republican budget or fiscal plan over th  more