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Morning Newscast 06-30-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On today's morning newscast: Montana and twelve other states sued the federal government yesterday to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from enacting a new rule extending the Clean Water Act to small streams and wetlands.

Montana is one of the 13 states with independent redistricting commissions that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld.

A human-caused fire that began in northwestern Montana over the weekend has spread to 80 acres and has started eight spot fires in Glacier National Park.

A state judge has ruled a 17-year-old Havre boy should be tried as an adult in a knife attack on three Montana State University-Northern students in an apartment in Havre.

A man doing some fencing work in the Crazy Mountains found items belonging to a 38-year-old Bozeman man who went missing during an elk hunt in September of last year.

A 73-year-old Butte man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing a fellow resident at a senior living facility.

The Supreme Court ruled against federal regulators' attempt to limit power plant emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollution.

Fire Danger in Missoula County has now been declared "extreme."

State wildlife officials killed two young bighorn rams after they were spotted near domestic sheep south of Malta, more than 20 miles from two nearby bighorn herds.

A Rocky Mountain College professor says he's ready to replace an algae experiment lost on board a supply rocket that broke apart following its launch Sunday.

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