KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 19 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 19, 2023, entitled "Montana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - October 2023": * * * Montana had 36,000 job openings in October 2023, unchanged from September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news on Dec. 21, 2023: The U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine and Air Force Global Strike Command released the complete results of the Round 1 Environmental Sampling effort at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, F.E. Warren AFB, Wyoming, and Minot AFB, North Dakota, today. The environmental sampling effort is half of the Missile Community Cancer Study, designed to sample for a br  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: A Billings woman who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine as part of a large drug distribution ring based on the Crow Indian Reservation and was found with meth and a semi-automatic handgun during a traffic stop was sentenced today to six years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Nancy Mi  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Dec. 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2023: A Hardin man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine as part of a large-scale drug trafficking ring centered on the Crow Indian Reservation was sentenced today to seven years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Darlon Richard Lefthand, 37, pleaded guilty in August to possession with inten  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 21 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2023: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a $28,000 civil penalty to XCEL NDT of Gretna, Nebraska, for three violations of NRC security requirements associated with the use of radioactive materials. The company uses radioactive materials for industrial radiography to perform non-destructive testing of materials. The NRC identified the apparent violations of agency requirements foll  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Dec. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2023: Small nonfarm businesses in the following counties are now eligible to apply for low interest federal disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. These loans offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused drought that occurred in the following primary counties in Montana and neighboring counties in North Dakota and Idaho, announced Associate Adminis  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Dec. 20 -- Air University issued the following news: By Cadet Faith Grelk and Cadet Zachary Bowen, Air University Students, staff, alumni and cadets gathered to watch the unprecedented landing of an Air Force UH-1N Iroquois "Huey" helicopter Nov. 10 on the University of Nebraska Omaha campus. The landing was a collaboration between UNO's Air Force ROTC Detachment 470 and the 40th Helicopter Squadron at Malstrom Air Force Base, Montana represented the integration of service an  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The White House issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2023: Today, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is using his authority under the Constitution to uphold the values of redemption and rehabilitation by commuting the sentences of 11 fellow Americans who are serving unduly long sentences for non-violent drug offenses. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is commuting the sentences of the following 11 individuals: Felipe Arriaga - Sunnyside, Washington Offense: Conspiracy  more