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Evening Newscast 04-02-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On tonight's evening newscast: A 25-year-old Columbia Falls man says he was intoxicated and looking for drugs when he broke into a Kalispell clinic last year and caused significant damage.

Following a tour of some of Montana’s V-A health facilities this week, Democrat Jon Tester sent a letter to fellow senators asking for $244 million to train more nurses.

Montana's Crow Tribe has reached an agreement with federal officials to jointly develop hydropower on the Yellowtail Afterbay Dam.

Democrats in the Montana House are fighting to keep a Medicaid-expansion bill alive.

Eight Montana State University students face drug distribution charges after an investigation found they were selling marijuana, LSD and hash oil from their dorm rooms or off-campus apartments.

A group of Western-state governors has released a report on voluntary efforts in 11 states to conserve the habitat of sage grouse as part of an effort to avoid a federal listing of the bird under the Endangered Species Act.

Two canine military veterans have joined the University of Montana campus police department - bomb sniffing dogs Bob and Hooch.

A state veterinarian says that a strain of bird flu found in a captive falcon in Columbia Falls has the potential to significantly impact poultry farmers in the state.

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