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Evening Newscast 05-11-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

Donald Trump Jr. joined Republican U.S. House Candidate Greg Gianforte on the campaign trail today in a four-city tour, two weeks before Montana selects its next congressman.

Governor Steve Bullock has vetoed 10 more bills, including one that would have allowed residential subdivision developers to resume drilling multiple small water wells from the same water source without a permit.

U.S. Department of Justice officials say a new audit has uncovered problems with how the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation managed $2.3 million in federal grants intended to address violence against women, substance abuse and tribal justice.

The University of Montana will be presenting its voluntary early retirement plan to eligible faculty tomorrow.  A U.S. Energy Department spokesman says a large sinkhole discovered on top of a tunnel filled with radioactive waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state may have gone unnoticed for days.

Elementary school students in Whitefish may get a new school building, if voters in the district approve to fund a bond initiative next October.

Vice President Mike Pence and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke are scheduled to visit a coal mine on the Crow Reservation tomorrow.

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