MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Malmstrom Air Force Base (341st Missile Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Elora J. McCutcheon, 341st Missile Wing Public Affairs Modernization and innovation: they're not just for aircraft or facilities. The Air Force took another step forward this week in progressing the ways Airmen test and train. Enter: the rollout of Electronic Weighted Airman Promotion System testing in February 2024. Since 2022, the Air Force has been dev  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: The former operations manager for the Blackfeet Tribe today admitted to stealing more than $78,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funding the tribe received by fraudulently submitting requests for repayments to the tribe after falsely claiming to buy COVID-19 supplies, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. James Cameron McNeely, 43, pleaded guilty to theft f  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: A Minnesota man convicted by a federal jury for trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl in Havre and Billings in 2021 was sentenced today to eight years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. After a 2 1/2 day trial in September 2023, a jury found Rembrandt Carlos Kemp, 33, of Fridley, Minnes  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2024: A Washington man who admitted to bringing methamphetamine and thousands of fentanyl pills to Montana for distribution was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Ryan Creighton Doak, 49, of Everett, Washington, pleaded guilty in September 2023 to possession with intent   more

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS, Wyoming, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2024: The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is considering construction of a new permanent North Entrance Road in Yellowstone National Park. Goals for the new road include providing year-round access between Gardiner, Montana, and Cooke City/Silver Gate, Montana, natural hazard resiliency and the prote  more

LIMA, Montana, Feb. 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 (Service) has released for public review and comment a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Minimum Requirements Analysis Framework for Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). The proposed action is to improve Arctic grayling access to spawning habitat by notching beaver dams in Red Rock Creek (RRC), some of which are wi  more