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Evening Newscast 01-07-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Attorney General Tim Fox says that enhanced security measures included in Montana's new driver's licenses are not meant to comply with federal standards that he says could create, quote, an "Orwellian national ID system."

A man who allegedly scammed investors out of money to produce a documentary to be narrated by Clint Eastwood has been permanently barred from soliciting investments in Montana.

The Two Rivers jail in Hardin that had as many as 250 inmates at its peak of operations is now in standby mode after its cells were emptied this week.

A 24-year-old woman found guilty but suffering from mental illness in the death of her 3-month-old daughter in Billings has been sentenced to 40 years in the Montana State Hospital.

The Spokane Tribe and environmental groups are upset about a plan to log forest land to expand the Mount Spokane ski area. They're asking Gov. Jay Inslee to help stop the expansion of the ski area, located in the largest state park in Washington, about 30 miles north of Spokane.

The U.S. Forest Service is planning salvage timber sales for trees damaged by fire in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest.

Washington State University officials are banning hoverboards from all buildings on all WSU campuses and other school-owned facilities. That's in response to instances in which batteries on the hoverboards have burst into flames.

Yesterday Billings Clinic announced that it’s purchased a 54 acre piece of land in Bozeman adjacent to Interstate 90. Billings Clinic is the biggest hospital company in Montana, operating a 304-bed hospital in Billings, and managing 11 small hospitals in Montana, Wyoming and North Dakota.

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