WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: BLM employee Kelly Savage collects native seeds on public lands in Montana. BLM Photo. WASHINGTON - The Department of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, today announced nearly $18 million in new investments from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to ensure the ready source of native seeds to combat climate change and enhance landscape resilience. T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: MOAB, Utah--U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in the Salt Lake City office with operations in Utah, Nevada, Montana and Las Vegas arrested six fugitives in Moab Feb. 7 during an enforcement operation. "Tourists in Moab can better enjoy their stay knowing we took six convicted criminals and fugiti  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich announced today that the District of Montana collected $6,041,422 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2023. Of this amount, $1,876,130 was collected in criminal actions and $4,165,292 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, the District of Montana worked with other U.S. Attorney's Offices and components of the   more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2024: A Billings woman who admitted to trafficking methamphetamine and fentanyl pills in the community after law enforcement found drugs, firearms and cash in a vehicle in which she was an occupant was sentenced today to 10 years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Shaynee Renee Gibbs,  more

BILLINGS, Montana, Feb. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: A Billings man who admitted to bringing large quantities of methamphetamine from Denver, Colorado, for distribution and trading guns for meth was sentenced today to six years in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. The defendant, Paul Andrew Guiot, 45, pleaded guilty in September 2023 to possession  more

BOZEMAN, Montana, Feb. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * The February 2024 water supply outlook report is now available. Learn more about snow water equivalent measurements and water supply forecasting in this month's news release based on Montana snow survey data collected through the SNOTEL system. * * * At the beginning of January more than half of NRCS snow monitoring stations in Montana and surround  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation has chosen seven entities to partner in filling youth and entry-level internship needs. These master cooperative agreements will allow Reclamation to partner with the selected nonprofit entities for five years by cost-sharing the recruitment and placement of youth interns and resource assistants. The seven nonprofits selected are: * American Conservati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A Montana man was found guilty today of several felony and misdemeanor charges related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. 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. Henry Phillip "Hank" Muntzer, 55, of Dillon,   more