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Evening Newscast 01-20-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Bozeman software entrepreneur Greg Gianforte made it official today, announcing that he’s seeking the Republican nomination to run for Governor.

A ski patroller died yesterday in an avalanche just outside the Yellowstone Club ski resort.

The Louisiana company with a lease to drill for oil and gas in the Badger Two Medicine area adjacent to Glacier National Park has re-activated its case in court. Today it asked a federal judge to block government plans to cancel its long-stalled lease on land considered sacred to the Blackfeet tribes.

Montana’s Public Service Commission today talked over a state audit that faults the agency for failing to adequately inspect Montana’s railroads for safety.

Montana's governor and attorney general are objecting to a federal proposal to withdraw almost a million acres of public lands from future mining to protect greater sage grouse.

A legislative audit released last year had Montana’s Public Service Commission examining today whether it should be responsible for railroad safety in the state.

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