BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Barksdale Air Force Base issued the following news: The 2nd Bomb Wing is one of nine Air Force Global Strike Command bases competing in the 2023 Global Strike Challenge. They are competing against teams from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, Kirtland Air Force Bas  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Clovis, N.M. -- As part of the Biden-Harris administration's Investing in Rural America Event Series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton traveled to Clovis, New Mexico today to announce $65 million for rural water projects in fiscal year 2024 through President Biden's Investing in America agenda. Investments through Reclamation will supp  more

CLOVIS, New Mexico, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's Investing in Rural America Event Series, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton traveled to Clovis, New Mexico today to announce $65 million for rural water projects in fiscal year 2024 through President Biden's Investing in America agenda. Investme  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 31 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 21 Wyoming counties and neighboring counties in Colorado, Montana and Utah of the Nov. 29 deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offse  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following forfeiture order (FRN No. 0003749892) on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * In re: Application of Glendive Broadcasting Corporation, For Renewal of License for Station K13IG-D, Sidney-Fairview, Montana FORFEITURE ORDER By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order, we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) to Glendive Br  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release: A Billings woman on Nov. 2 admitted to trafficking methamphetamine as part of a large, multiple-state narcotics organization that was centered on the Crow Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Melanie Rose Bloodman, 54, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. Bloodman faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years to life in prison,  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: A Washington woman was sentenced today to 10 years and one month in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, after she was caught while trying to flee law enforcement and admitted to trafficking methamphetamine in the Billings community, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Lyzette Vargas, 41, of Spokane, Washington, pleaded guilty in  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: A Mexican national was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl on the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Evirso Real Ampude, aka Poncho, 48, pleaded guilty in May, to possession with intent to distribute controlled sub  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release: A Wolf Point woman who admitted to a murder charge in the death of child on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation was sentenced on Oct. 30 to 16 years and three months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Heather Dawn Smith, aka Heather Dawn Yellow Owl, 33, pleaded guilty in May to second degree murder. Chie  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2023: A Poplar woman was sentenced today to five years and four months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, after she admitted to a methamphetamine trafficking crime in which a customer died shortly after taking the drug, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Danyell Rose Black Dog, 23, pleaded guilty in May to possession with i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Nov. 3, 2023: * * * USDA is making a historic investment in conservation, including in the Regional Conservation Partnership Program. * * * The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced an unprecedented $1 billion investment in the Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP) to advance partner-driven solutions to conservation on agricultural land through 81 proje  more