WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following statement on Jan. 5, 2024, by Commissioner Mark C. Christie on an order (Docket No. EC16-77-003) involving BlackRock Inc.: * * * I concur with this rejection of the December 6, 2023 motion filed by the Attorneys General for the states of Utah, Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, T  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release: A Butte woman who admitted to trafficking fentanyl pills in the Bozeman area was sentenced today to four years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Amber Marie Cody, 40, pleaded guilty in August 2023 to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. U.S. District Judge Dana L. Christensen presided. In court d  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release: A Lame Deer woman who admitted to selling methamphetamine on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation as part of larger drug trafficking activity on the Crow and Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservations was sentenced today to two years in prison, to be followed by four years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Adrienne Dawn LaForge, 35, pleaded guilty   more

BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release: A Forsyth businesswoman who admitted defrauding customers through her company, Rosebud County Insurance Inc., by spending their payments for insurance for her own personal expenses was sentenced today to four years and three months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay $155,436 restitution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. K  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: SOUTH BLAINE COUNTY, Mont. - Planners seek public input on a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposal to open a 0.6-mile segment of road providing legal public motorized and mechanized access to the Bullwhacker area of the Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument. In 2023, the Square Butte Grazing Association and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks finalized a Public Access   more