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Morning Newscast 06-22-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On today's morning newscast: Yellowstone National Park has seen about 24 percent more visitors January through May of this year compared to the same time period in 2014.

Investigators have determined that the fire at the Livestock Commission Building in Miles City was an accident.

The Chippewa Cree tribe will hold a special election for a new chairman on June 30.

The Montana World Trade Center at the University of Montana recently completed a trade mission to Canada.

Environmentalists are asking a federal judge to block construction of a $59 million dam on the lower Yellowstone River, saying it threatened the endangered pallid sturgeon.

The suggestion by Sen. Steve Daines that the U.S. Treasury put the face of Jeannette Rankin on the $10 bill is being welcomed by advocates of the nation's first female congresswoman.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has received several reports of rattlesnakes in the Missoula area.

A Great Falls municipal golf course is using humor to warn players that they should watch out for hawks that have called the area home for years.

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