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Evening Newscast 06-17-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A bill to to expedite forest management activities on federal forests continues to pick up steam in Congress.

U.S. Senator Steve Daines is calling for a congressional hearing on the government's pipeline safety agency following two oil spills into Montana's Yellowstone River in the past five years.

Federal prosecutors say nine people in Montana have been convicted in an operation that uncovered more than $550,000 in fraudulent payments from Social Security, Medicaid and two programs for the needy.

A Montana man accused of raising money for a fake documentary insists the film is real, but some promises he made are not.

Federal land managers have approved a summer roundup at Montana's Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range to curb the size of its mustang herd.

Hundreds of people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless got some welcome assistance at the Flathead County Fairgrounds today.

Three environmental groups are suing the U.S. government over a proposed copper and silver mine in northwestern Montana.

 

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