DENVER, Colorado, July 14 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Region 8 Office is announcing a grant competition for an "Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Technical Assistance Center" (EJ TCTAC). The agency is offering this funding opportunity of up to $10 million to help communities and other environmental justice stakeholders in the Rocky Mountains and Great Plains states access f  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: A Browning man today admitted to a manslaughter charge for striking a woman with his vehicle and killing her in 2021 on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Jordan Joseph Morgan, 31, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. Morgan faces a maximum of eight years in prison, a $250,000 fine and three years of super  more

BILLINGS, Montana, July 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: A federal jury on Tuesday convicted a Billings man accused of possessing over 50 grams of pure methamphetamine for resale hidden in false bottom cans and illegally possessing ammunition, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. After a two-day trial that began on July 10, the jury found Shane Edward Johnson, 54, guilty of conspiracy to possess with   more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: A Great Falls woman who worked as a bookkeeper admitted today to defrauding two businesses in a scheme to pay personal bills, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Tara Durnell, 63, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and to mail fraud. Durnell faces a maximum of 20 years imprisonment, a $250,000 fine and three years of supervised release. Chief U.S. Dist  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 14 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on July 13, 2023: A Great Falls man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine at a casino in the community was sentenced today to five years and eight months in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. James Joseph Sangrey, 39, pleaded guilty in March to possession with intent to distribute meth. Chief U.S.   more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, July 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on July 12, 2023: A federal district judge today sentenced a Heart Butte man to 15 years and 10 months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised released, for murdering a woman during an argument on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Terrance Travis Aimsback, 35, pleaded guilty in March to second degree murder as charg  more

HELENA, Montana, July 13 -- 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 July 1, 2023, is forecast at 80.85 million bushels, according to the July 1 Agricultural Yield Survey conducted by the Mountain Regional Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. This forecast is up 5 percent from the June 1 fo  more

MISSOULA, Montana, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: As part of ongoing efforts to monitor grizzly bears in the lower-48 states, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and several partners will continue genetic sampling efforts during the summer of 2023 to document grizzly bears in southwest Montana. This multi-year project collects data to assist biologists in understanding more about the grizzly bears that have been   more

RESTON, Virginia, July 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The U.S. Geological Survey will invest more than $1.9 million to map critical mineral resources in Montana in partnership with the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology. The funding comes largely from an investment from the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in the USGS Mineral Resources Program's Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), which provid  more