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Morning Newscast 05-09-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

A federal appeals court is expected to issue a ruling soon that could limit prosecutions of medical marijuana users and dispensaries in eight Western states that allow medical marijuana.

Researchers are working on a plan to study wolverines in four Rocky Mountain states to see if the animals can be reintroduced to some regions to increase the populations and see how they might travel between mountain ranges.

Businesses that offer tour helicopter rides in Glacier National Park are fighting off criticism that the helicopters are making too much noise and disturbing visitors, saying noise pollution is kept to a minimum and not disturbing the wildlife and tranquility of one of the jewels of the national park system.

Search teams have recovered the body of a Montana man in Utah's Lake Powell.

The Yellowstone County Sheriff's Office says a woman passed out on a commercial flight from Chicago to San Francisco and the plane made an emergency landing at the Billings Logan International Airport on Saturday night.

Nevada wildlife officials resorted to killing a herd of bighorn sheep in a controversial move to keep a deadly disease from spreading to neighboring group.

A 56-year-old Helena woman who called 911 to report a fire in her house collapsed by her back door and later died of smoke inhalation.

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