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Evening Newscast 01-14-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

The candidate filing period for Montana’s 2016 election started today. This morning a handful of candidates waited outside Secretary of State Linda McCulloch's office to be the first to register when she opened the doors at 8:00 a.m.

The Helena Independent Record is reporting that courthouses in Helena and Butte were evacuated this afternoon after receiving bomb threats, and that another threatening call was made to the Montana Supreme Court.

State health officials say the number of gonorrhea cases reported in Montana in 2015 nearly doubled from the previous year.

Governor Bullock’s decision to allow some wild bison to roam outside Yellowstone park ran into opposition from the Environmental Quality Council today at the Capitol.

A skier suffered a compound fracture after being buried by an avalanche on the Montana-side of the Lookout Pass ski area yesterday.

A group of Montanans stopped in Missoula today on their way to Spokane to speak out against a proposed oil terminal in Vancouver at a hearing tonight.

The former CEO of a Montana appliance and electronics store has been indicted on federal charges alleging he defrauded the employee-owned company, forcing it into bankruptcy.

A proposal designating an extra $379,000 to fight wildfires in Idaho has jumped over its initial hurdle in clearing the state Legislature.

Today, Some  Montana lawmakers said that the state legislature needs to get more involved in the  fight against the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan.

 

 

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