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Evening Newscast 11-02-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

Montana's Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have a right to trial by jury before the state can take private property in civil forfeiture cases.

A federal appeals court has upheld a decision blocking two Montana logging projects to protect the Canada lynx.

An organization that has spent $268,000 to influence a Montana Supreme Court election says it doesn't need to register as a political committee with the state.

A component of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan that the agency says is optional is being attacked by 25 state attorneys general, including Montana’s.

At least 37 bighorn sheep have died in a pneumonia outbreak at Montana's National Bison Range.

One of four Canadian men accused of walking onto a sensitive hot spring at Yellowstone National Park has pleaded guilty to the charges.

Three 18-year-old men have been released on their own recognizance after being charged with starting a wildfire near Hamilton that burned more than 13 square miles of forest land, destroyed 16 homes and 49 outbuildings.

Great Falls is cracking down on cellphone use while driving by increasing penalties for motorists found chatting or texting.

Voters who haven't mailed in their absentee ballots are being asked to turn them in to county election officials or at their polling place on Election Day to make sure they are counted.

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