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Evening Newscast 12-13-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

Media outlets, including the Washington Post, are reporting that Montana’s Congressman Ryan Zinke is president-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Interior. CNN is reporting that Zinke has accepted the nomination.

A political nonprofit group dedicated to providing voters with unbiased facts about candidates is moving to Iowa.

A $4 million dollar asbestos removal project is underway at the former federal courthouse in downtown Billings.

A state judge has dismissed a temporary order of protection filed against Barry Beach after the woman who sought the order failed to show up for a hearing to determine whether the order should become permanent.

A snow goose that was captured and treated last week after drinking the acidic waters of the Berkeley Pit has died and another is still recovering.

A wolf that escaped a tourist attraction in southeastern Idaho has been shot and killed by its owner.

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