WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the award of $30.5 million the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in Montana to fund the first phase of the U.S. 93 roadway improvement project from Dublin Gulch to Gunlock Road, including a new multi-span bridge over Ninepipes Reservoir. The project will   more

BUTTE, Montana, July 8 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 7, 2023: Yesterday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) leadership met with Butte-Silver Bow County (BSB), the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Atlantic Richfield (AR), and the Montana Natural Resource Damage Program (NRDP) to discuss next steps on community engagement and Superfund site progress in Butte. "The goal of our Superfund work in Butte is to enhance publi  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that it will begin a 120-day temporary expansion of hours at two land border Ports of Entry in Montana. For several years, CBP has documented a reduction in privately-owned vehicle and pedestrian traffic at some POEs along its northern border with some ports having permanently reduced  more

TUCSON, Arizona, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations and U.S. Border Patrol rescued two U.S. citizens suffering from heat stress near Montana Peak, south of Arivaca, Arizona. On Monday at approximately 1:10 p.m., the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office contacted the Tucson Border Patrol Station for help responding to two U.S Citizens requesting immediat  more

WASHINGTON, July 6 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following report and order (MB Docket No. 23-79; RM-11947) on July 5, 2023: * * * In the Matter of Amendment of Section 73.622(j), Table of Allotments, Television Broadcast Stations (Kalispell, Montana) REPORT AND ORDER (Proceeding Terminated) By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: 1. The Video Division, Media Bureau (Bureau), has before it a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking/1 issued in response to a Pet  more

MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news on July 7, 2023: By Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar, 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs A roaring boom echoed throughout the canyon of Yellowstone National Park on June 12, 2023, when the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team from the 341st Civil Engineer Squadron detonated an unexploded avalanche round. It was 11:30 a.m. on June 11, 2023 when command post receiv  more

BILLINGS, Montana, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on July 6, 2023: A Crow Agency woman charged in large-scale, multi-state drug trafficking investigation centered on the Crow Indian Reservation admitted today to distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Keilee Shamrae Diaz, 34, pleaded guilty to distribution of meth. Diaz faces a mandatory minimum of five years to 40 years in prison, a $5 milli  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Mountain Regional Field Office issued the following news release: Starting in August and continuing through November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will conduct a monthly Agricultural Yield survey. The information captured in this survey from farmers and ranchers in the Mountain Region states of Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Ne  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 4 -- 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) will survey producers in 32 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, for its Small Grain Crops County Estimates Survey (Crops CE). The survey will collect information on total acres planted and harvested, and tot  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The new airborne geophysical survey data will be collected using a helicopter and will fly over parts of southwest Montana. The survey will begin in July and be completed in about four months, weather permitting. The purpose of the survey is to support mapping to understand the regional geology of southwest Montana. The geophysical survey will focus near the town of Bu  more