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Evening Newscast 09-08-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

A judge has dismissed all charges against a Trout Creek man who spent 18 years in prison for killing his best friend in 1997. 

Homicide investigators say they suspect a nephew of Democratic Senator Jon Tester may have been killed with an ax in his home just outside Spokane.

The chairman of the Montana Republican Party is asking the state Supreme Court to remove a Libertarian candidate for secretary of state from November's election ballot. 

A bill that Republican Congressman Ryan Zinke is pushing to lift the Obama Administration's suspension on coal leases on federal lands made progress in the House today.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says almost $1.3 million in grants are being awarded to two private-sector programs aimed at conserving greater sage grouse across the American West.

The Idaho Transportation Department is considering updating its rules governing "megaload" shipments. 

A Montana woman who was abducted from a highway rest stop and found dead in the trunk of her car near Spokane International Airport had been shot to death. 

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