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Evening Newscast 11-17-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

Montana Department of Corrections director Mike Batista says he will step down, as Governor Steve Bullock meets with his cabinet members about whether they will remain for his second term.

A legislative committee is recommending the state spend a million dollars on suicide prevention efforts over the next two budget years.

Wildlife officials have moved one step closer to removing the Yellowstone grizzly population from the Endangered Species Act by approving a future conservation strategy.

An employee died in a work-related accident at Pyramid Mountain Lumber near Seeley Lake today, just hours after a fatal highway crash in the same area.

Twitter, the social media platform, has suspended the account of a man in Whitefish as part of an apparent crackdown on accounts tied to hate speech, or threats of violence. 

A central Montana power storage project that would act as a giant battery to supplement electricity from wind turbines and other sources has received a favorable review from federal regulators.

Federal officials are reconsidering how roads and motorized trails in a portion of the Sawtooth National Forest could harm threatened bull trout, following a lawsuit by an environmental group.

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