The family of a Georgia couple killed in the 2021 Amtrak derailment outside of Joplin is alleging gross negligence and wrongful death in a suit filed against the quasi-public passenger rail corporation this week, the fourteenth lawsuit stemming from the deadly crash of the Empire Builder last September. Donald and Marjorie Varnadoe had set out on a 50th anniversary Amtrak trip across the northwest

Last week, U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., released a statement following a Department of Defense Inspector General report on deficiencies in the vetting process of Afghan nationals evacuated and relocated to the United States. The audit published on Feb. 15, found that Afghan evacuees were not properly vetted using all available data, that Afghan nationals with “potentially significant

MSU Extension will be offering an Initial Pesticide Private Applicator Training on Tuesday, March 8, in Glasgow. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the program starting at 7:45 a.m. and adjourning at 5 p.m. The program will be held at the Cottonwood Inn in Glasgow, 54250 US Highway 2. Initial Private Applicator Trainings are for individuals who want to obtain a Montana Private Applicator

As a part of his recently signed bipartisan infrastructure law, U.S. Senator Jon Tester announced Feb. 8 that he secured $11.57 million for Montana public transit, including transit in urban and rural areas, on Indian Reservations and through buses and bus facilities across the state. The funding secured by Tester can be used for transit systems in both urban and rural areas, buses and bus

New Amtrak locomotives are cleaner, faster and more fuel efficient than predecessors and they recently began service pulling the Amtrak Empire Builder train westbound from Chicago to Seattle. Locomotives 301 and 302 are among the first of 75 locomotives being delivered through 2024. These ALC-42 locomotives are an important part of Amtrak’s sustainability initiative and are considerably more

Montana Farm Bureau Foundation announces its 2022 Youth Speech Contest which is open to students in the seventh, eighth and ninth grades. Contestants must submit a transcript of their speech by March 15, which will be judged prior to the convention. The top 20 contestants will be invited to compete by presenting their speech March 31 from 8 a.m. to noon at the FFA Convention in Bozeman.

screen, test, and educate state correctional employees and inmates. The CDC responded that while the state offered a clear plan for the money, some of the aid had to support local governments in making places like jails and police lockups safer. “The recipient needs to clearly state how confinement facilities that are not operated by the State Department of Corrections will be included,” CDC

to provide all three distributors and state regulators with aggregated data and analytics about where drugs are going and how often, eliminating blind spots in the current systems used by distributors; •Use data-driven systems to detect suspicious opioid orders from customer pharmacies; •Terminate customer pharmacies’ ability to receive shipments, and report those companies to state regulators,

The FBI Salt Lake City Field Office encourages all interested students enrolled in accredited high schools in Utah, Idaho and Montana to apply to attend the Teen Academy, which will be held virtually April 11-14 from 4 to 6 p.m. each day. The FBI Teen Academy provides an opportunity for high school students to catch a glimpse behind the scenes of the FBI. Upon completion of Teen Academy, high