SAN FRANCISCO, California, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Ashley Adams to serve as superintendent of Great Basin National Park in Nevada. Adams currently serves as deputy superintendent of Nez Perce National Historical Park in Idaho, Whitman Mission National Historic Site in Washington, and Big Hole National Battlefield in Montana. She has held that position  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: Operations at an oil and gas site. BILLINGS, Mont. - The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for March 12, 2024, to offer six oil and gas parcels totaling 2,336 acres in North Dakota. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in Sept. 2023 and held a public comment period that closed in Nov. 2023 on the parcel  more

COLUMBUS, Montana, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Investigators found Special K Ranch failed legal requirements to pay subminimum wages * * * A federal court has ordered the operator of a Columbus residential care facility to pay $332,972 in back wages and liquidated damages to 35 resident workers after the U.S. Department of Labor found the employer underpaid the workers and violated federal law protecting workers with   more

HELENA, Montana, Jan. 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: As part of its ongoing commitment to protecting children and improving air quality, today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced seven Montana school districts will receive funding for a total of 41 buses through EPA's first Clean School Bus Program Grants Competition. The awards, which are made possible through President Biden's Investing in America agenda, will help selectee  more

MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Captain Dominic Azar, 341 Communications Squadron Lights flash, alarms blare, keys are turned. The world's most destructive weapon is unleashed... The simulation ends, all mission parameters were met. The Airmen at Malmstrom Air Force Base rely on a variety of communication systems to provide the President and Secretary of Defense with highly reliable, virtually i  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2024: A Billings man who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and a firearms crime as part of large-scale conspiracy in which he obtained pounds of the drug from properties on the Crow Indian Reservation for distribution in the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation and Billings communities was sentenced on Jan. 11 to 25 years in prison, to be followed by eigh  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Jan. 13 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Reclamation's January forecast of the April through July runoff predicted for the Bighorn River Basin is as follows: * Bighorn Lake - Bighorn River April through July inflow to Bighorn Lake is forecast to be approximately 1,045,000 acre-feet (af), which is 83% of the 30-year average of 1,264,000 af. As of January 1, Bighorn Lake is 93% full.* * Buffalo Bill Reservoir -   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Montana man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges, including for assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Frank Dahlquist, 45, of Helena, Mont  more