MALMSTROM AFB, Montana, March 23 -- 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 For the first time in more than 10 years, a dual team of women are leading the charge of six-dozen Airmen in the 741st Maintenance Squadron who serve as part of Air Force Global Strike Command's backbone for Minuteman III launch facilities and missile alert facilities throughout Montana. The gap in  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 22, 2024, entitled "Montana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - January 2024": * * * Montana had 37,000 job openings in January 2024, compared to 36,000 openings in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that  more

DENVER, Colorado, March 22 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: * * * Updated 10-year report shows decreases in chemical releases nationally and regionally * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its 2022 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, including detailed information on the management of toxic chemicals from facilities in EPA's Region 8 states of Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Da  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Merit Systems Protection Board issued the following case report for March 22, 2024: * * * BOARD DECISIONS Appellant: Abenayaa Lane Agency: Department of the Army Decision Number: 2024 MSPB 4 Docket Number: DE-0752-23-0001-I-1 Issuance Date: March 19, 2024 Appeal Type: Adverse Action AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGES/BOARD "EMPLOYEE" NATIONAL GUARD TECHNICIANS REMEDIES The appellant, a Military and Family Readiness Specialist with the Montana Army National   more

BILLINGS, Montana, March 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on March 19, 2024: U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich, for the District of Montana, and Billings Police Chief Rich St. John today issued a warning to the public about the appearance in the community of pink fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is more potent than morphine and heroin. Law enforcement is beginning to see pink fentanyl pills in Billings. Noted for their pink color,  more

BILLINGS, Montana, March 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on March 20, 2024: A federal jury on March 19 convicted a Billings woman who was accused of trafficking methamphetamine by walking the drug across the Mexican border using her U.S. passport and then mailing the drug from California to a Billings contact for distribution, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. After a two-day trial that began on March 18, the jury foun  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A Hays man accused of selling methamphetamine from a yellow school bus he used as his residence on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation admitted to a trafficking charge today, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said. Lyle Gilbert Snow, Sr., 64, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute meth. Snow faces a maximum of 20 years in prison, a $1 mi  more