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Morning Newscast 04-24-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of Montana Morning Newscast, a Montana judge who was censured by the state's high court for his comments about a 14 year old rape victim has been chosen for a lifetime achievement award by his local bar association.

Two earthquakes, a magnitude 4.1 and a 4.2 jolted north Idaho last night, with residents from northeastern Washington to northwestern Montana saying they felt the tremors.

Gov. Steve Bullock today plans to approve a tribal water use agreement that has been decades in the making despite a lawsuit challenging the pact.

Lawyers for a Wyoming inmate want an appeals court to give them 14 months to file a brief appealing a recent order that state prosecutors may again seek the death penalty against him.

A Malmstrom Air Force base security forces vehicle carrying live ammunition caught fire on U.S. Highway 87 in central Montana.

A documentary on the Smithsonian Channel will chronicle the lives of residents and workers in the North Dakota and Montana oil patch.

The Montana Legislature is on day 83 of the 90 scheduled in the session and lawmakers still have a lot to do.

The Montana state House has given initial approval on a two-year state budget bill that includes funding to raise state employee wages.

A 39 year old western Montana man is charged with strangling a woman, causing her to lose consciousness and later suffer a stroke.

The winter closure is almost over for Going To The Sun Road leading to the Triple Arches at Glacier National Park.

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