BILLINGS, Montana, April 22 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on April 21, 2023: Ten persons arrested on allegations of trafficking methamphetamine on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations and in Yellowstone, Big Horn and Rosebud counties appeared for arraignment today on indictments alleging multiple crimes, while another individual was arraigned on April 20 on a related case, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. S  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, April 20 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on April 19, 2023: A Poplar man with a felony conviction for murder admitted today to illegally possessing ammunition after a shootout on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Buddy Gene Walking Eagle, 38, pleaded guilty to prohibited person in possession of ammunition. Walking Eagle faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000  more

BILLINGS, Montana, April 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Two Butte men convicted in a large armed drug trafficking operation that brought pounds of methamphetamine and other drugs to the Butte community and laundered proceeds were sentenced today to prison terms, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Mark Ernest Spani, 65, was sentenced to nine years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised re  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Arizona dairy herds produced 1.24 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 1.4 percent from the previous year. Colorado dairy herds produced 1.30 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 0.4 percent from the previous year. Montana dairy herds produced 53.0 million pounds o  more

BILLINGS, Montana, April 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: A Kalispell man accused of threatening to kill Montana U.S. Senator Jon Tester in calls to his office admitted to a threats charge today, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Kevin Patrick Smith, 46, pleaded guilty to threats to murder a United States Senator. Smith faces a maximum of 10 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised releas  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, April 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is reminding Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming farmers and ranchers that the window is closing on the opportunity to participate in the 2022 Census of Agriculture. NASS is encouraging U.S. producers who ha  more