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Morning Newscast 06-17-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On today's morning newscast: Governor Steve Bullock today capped a two-day summit meeting with leaders of Montana’s eight tribal nations by signing an executive order creating a new Office of American Indian Health.

Opponents of animal trapping are again trying to petition voters to ban such activity on state and federal land.

The Wyoming State Engineer says he expects it may take a year to resolve the legal dispute between Wyoming and Montana over water rights on the Tongue River.

Directors at six state agencies in Montana say they'll be ready to record their meetings when new transparency laws requiring them to do so take effect this year.

Authorities have identified a man found dead in a vehicle destroyed by fire at a campground in northern Powell County. The sheriff tells the Montana Standard the man was 36-year-old Colin Patrick McKnight, a counselor in Missoula.

A Helena judge has extended his order blocking a man from raising money for a documentary about early Montana cowboys that state officials say is fake.

A judge has sided with the city of Missoula in its effort to gain ownership of the water company that serves its residents.

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