Montana commission suggests using $15M on affordable housing
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Montana commission suggests using $15M on affordable housing
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U.S. Senator Steve Daines joined local law enforcement, elected officials and a district judge to tour the Billings Police Departmentâs evidence facility Friday to talk about concerning levels of crime in the region.
Daines sat down with Billings city administrator Chris Kukulski, Police Chief Rich St. John, County Commissioner John Ostlund, Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder, County Attorney Scott Twito, District Judge Mary Jane Knisely, and director of the stateâs Department of Corrections Brian Gootkin.
The focus of the conversation was on rapidly increasing crime rates, drugs like methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl and the impacts those issues have on the community. The consensus among the group being that crime, drug use and violent crime are out of control and pose a serious threat to the communityâs safety and economy.
Former executives of the Montana Native Womenâs Coalition sentenced for stealing grant funds
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GREAT FALLS â Two former officials with the Montana Native Womenâs Coalition were sentenced to probationary terms and ordered to pay restitution after both admitted stealing federal grant funds for unapproved spending, including travel to Las Vegas, Nevada, Acting U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson said in a news release on Thursday.
Sheryl Lynn Lawrence of Colstrip, 45 years old, who was the Coalitionâs executive director, was sentenced in federal court to three years of probation and ordered to pay $35,127 restitution jointly and severally with co-defendant Meredith McConnell of Lame Deer, the Coalitionâs former chairwoman. Lawrence pleaded guilty on Febuary 4 to theft of federal funds.