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Morning Newscast 04-06-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Morning Newscast

The Montana Board of Pardons and Parole will have to hire a new executive director following the resignation of the head of the department.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is opening a Vet Center this fall in Helena.

Missoula county officials have concluded that the death of a Montana Rail Link worker in a train collision was accidental.

A shipment of bison from Canada is being welcomed at Montana's Blackfeet Indian Reservation with a homecoming celebration.

A former anti-union operative whom Montana officials allege ran shadow campaigns for select Republican candidates says he never helped a candidate in exchange for their support of right-to-work policies once they were elected.

Governor Steve Bullock wants to convene a "working group" to explore alternative ownership of most of the Colstrip coal-fired electricity plant.

Missoula International Airport is a very busy place these days. Construction projects are planned to keep pace with the growing demand.

Funeral services are planned today on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation for the tribe's the last surviving war chief, Joe Medicine Crow.

Governor Steve Bullock sent a letter this week to Bob Rowe, the CEO of Northwestern Energy, inviting him to be part of a working group on the Colstrip coal-fired power plant.

 

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