WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: In response to an order from the U.S. District Court for the District of Montana (Court), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today initiated preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement to analyze the potential environmental effects from maintaining or revoking former Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell's coal leasing moratorium. Then-Secretary Je  more

BILLINGS, Montana, April 29 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Rocky Mountain Division issued the following news release: Ten people were arrested on allegations of trafficking methamphetamine on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations and in Yellowstone, Big Horn and Rosebud counties earlier this month. Seven defendants face charges in a multi-count indictment alleging meth trafficking, firearms and money laundering crimes. Four additional defendants  more

BILLINGS, Montana, April 29 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: Seven persons accused in a large methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations and in Yellowstone, Big Horn and Rosebud counties appeared for arraignment this week on various charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Six of the defendants face charges in a multi-count indictment alleging meth   more