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Evening Newscast 07-30-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On tonight's evening newscast: The state Supreme Court has upheld Montana's 24/7 Sobriety Program, saying that charging associated fees for alcohol monitoring is not pretrial punishment in violation of the Constitution.

Firefighters conducted burnout operations aimed at making fireline more secure around the fire in Glacier National Park today.

A St. Ignatius man who pleaded guilty to shooting his 3-year-old nephew has been sentenced to 10 years in prison and alcohol treatment.

A 19-year-old Belgrade woman who was attacked in an off-campus apartment with two other Montana State University-Northern students has been released from the hospital.

Owners of a northwestern Montana mine say they are one step closer to operating after the U.S. Forest Service found the project would not violate environmental laws or regulations.

The governors of Wyoming and Montana say a federal plan to protect the greater sage grouse is far more restrictive than Western states' own programs to help the struggling species.

Authorities have identified the person accused of shooting a family in Montana as an 18-year-old Wyoming man.

A court has denied a third emergency petition to release the founder of Montana's Yellowstone Club from jail.

 

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