MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Breanna Christopher Volkmar, 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs Brig. Gen. Colin J. Connor, Air Force Global Strike Command Director of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Modernization, recently highlighted the future of the LGM-35A Sentinel during the annual Joint Engineers Conference in Helena, Montana. The Sentinel, which will modernize 400 missiles  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: The U.S. Attorney's Office held a United Against Hate meeting Wednesday evening in Pablo, on the Flathead Indian Reservation, with members of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes community and federal, tribal and local law enforcement, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. United Against Hate is an initiative launched by the U.S. Department of Ju  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Nov. 27 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release: A Butte man suspected of receiving illegally imported pill presses from China and trafficking cocaine and other drugs admitted to a drug charge today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. David Jesus Tapia-Padron, 33, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Tapia-Padron faces a mandatory minimum of five years to 40 years in prison  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release: The former operations manager for the Blackfeet Tribe was arraigned today on charges accusing him of stealing federal COVID-19 relief funding the tribe received, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. James Cameron McNeely, 43, of Browning, pleaded not guilty to an indictment charging him with theft from an Indian tribal government receiving federal funding, wire fra  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release: A Lame Deer woman today admitted to methamphetamine trafficking charges, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Jacklyn Marcel Garcia-Littlebird, 58, pleaded guilty to distribution of meth. Garcia-Littlebird faces a mandatory minimum of five years to 40 years in prison, a $5 million fine and at least four years of supervised release. Garcia-Littlebird was detained pendi  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2023: A Lodge Grass man suspected of being a leader in a large-scale methamphetamine trafficking operation based on the Crow Indian Reservation and of beating a woman with a weapon admitted to charges on Nov. 30 in two separate cases, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. Wendell Monroe Lefthand, 54, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana, Jesse Laslovich, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: Three Montanans accused of trafficking fentanyl in the Missoula and Helena communities admitted to charges today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Nikolas Loren Pellant, 34, and Lynsi Noel Barnes, 32, both of Missoula, and Beau James Breneman, 44, of Helena, each pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. The defe  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- 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 is seeking public input on a draft recovery plan for the lower 48 distinct population segment of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis), informed by an updated species status assessment. The Canada lynx lower 48 DPS includes populations in northern Maine and northeastern New Hampshire, northeastern Minnesota, northwestern Montana and north Idaho  more