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Evening Newscast 11-22-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

A federal judge won’t allow the Trump administration to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a permit for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.

The Forest Service says it will meet with objectors to its plan to log and burn a nearly 18,000 acre area in Helena’s municipal watershed. 

State wildlife officials say an elk hunter reported shooting a charging grizzly bear west of Augusta.

The National Weather Service predicts fairly tame weather across Montana through Thursday evening, when we could see some dramatic changes

An activist who was trying to call attention to climate change has been found guilty of criminal charges for closing a valve on a pipeline carrying crude oil from Canada to the United States.

Yesterday, a coalition of business leaders called on the state’s congressional delegation to pass a ban on mining near Yellowstone National Park by the end of this year.

A state panel reviewing a major oil-by-rail terminal proposed on the Columbia River has released its environmental review days ahead of making a recommendation to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee.

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