FORT WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, Montana, June 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: Montana sun blazed down over the shoulders of Mount Helena's foothills and into a wide plain of tall grass; its presence was dulled only by the scattered rain clouds that provided cool relief for armored security forces personnel running in formations on the ground below. Operation Avalanche Defender was afoot, and nearly 200 uniformed men and women were   more

BILLINGS, Montana, June 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on June 8, 2023: A Laurel man today admitted he illegally possessed firearms and ammunition after law enforcement found 35 firearms and thousands of rounds of ammunition in his residence, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Nicholas Steven Capella, 38, pleaded guilty to prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition as charged in an indictment. Capella fac  more

HELENA, Montana, June 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Montana Field Office issued the following news release: MONTANA HIGHLIGHTS Winter wheat production in Montana, based on conditions as of June 1, 2023, is forecast at 77.00 million bushels, according to the June 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is unchanged from the May 1 foreca  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, June 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * The June 2023 water supply outlook report is now available. Learn more about snow water equivalent measurements and water supply forecasting in this month's news release based on Montana snow survey data collected through the SNOTEL system. * * * "If it seems to you like the snow disappeared quickly this spring, you are not wrong," said Eric Larson  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Region 8 issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health is recognizing the continued commitment to employees' well-being by nine Montana employers all of which recorded zero recordable injury or illness incidents in 2022. The nine employers include: Energy Keepers Inc. in Polson; Johns Manville in Belgrade; Team Industrial Services in Billin  more

LIMA, Montana, June 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has published a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSI) to improve winter oxygen levels for the conservation of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in Upper Red Rock Lake (URRL) within Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). Grayling are a species of salmonid that resid  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on June 7, 2023, at Israel's Independence Day reception at the National Building Museum: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Good evening, everyone. Good evening. Good evening. Thank you. Please have a seat. Good evening. Good evening. And thank you, Montana, and for using your platform in such an important way. Ambassador Herzog and Mrs. Herzog, it is so good to be with you again. And I thank you al  more