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Morning Newscast 06-19-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On today's morning newscast: after a three day sentencing hearing, the case involving the vandalism and closing of the Flathead Valley’s only clinic to provide abortions came to an end today.

The younger sister of Montana U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke was arrested after officers found methamphetamine in a vehicle during a northeastern Montana traffic stop.

U.S. Sen. Steve Daines is proposing to place the image of the first woman elected to Congress on the new $10 bill.

The test maker behind Common Core assessments in Nevada, Montana and North Dakota has denied a breach of contract accusation after computer problems forced a halt to the online exams in April.

A state drought committee says that snowpack melted a month ahead of schedule and worsened the slight drought conditions persisting in western Montana.

A judge has sentenced the final defendant in a drug ring that prosecutors say flooded central Montana with high-grade methamphetamine from California.

A former psychiatric aide at the Montana Developmental Center in Boulder has been sentenced to two days in jail and fined $500 for shoving a client, causing a cut on the man's head that required five staples to close.

Montana weather experts say a wet spell this spring helped mitigate what could have been a destructive summer for crops, but it hasn't eased the high threat of wildfire.

Montana’s 21 thousand miles of streams and rivers are open for free fishing this weekend in honor of father’s day.

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