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Morning Newscast 07-20-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On today's morning newscast: the Flathead county sheriff's office is denying allegations that a deputy used excessive force when he shot a woman during a 2013 stand off near Columbia Falls.

Medicaid expansion could come to Montana as early as November. The state is projected to spend about $5 million on Medicaid expansion in 2017.

Bozeman school board has voted to discontinue the national school lunch program at the high school after deeming the nutrition rules too strict.

A children's cancer clinic is being established in Kalispell so patients from western Montana can stay closer to  home for most treatments.

Montana's state trust lands produced their lowest total revenue from oil and gas exploration in more than a decade in fiscal year 2015, according to the Montana Standard.

Crews have reopened a rail line in northeast Montana where four tank cars derailed and leaked an estimated 35,000 gallons of oil.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Gov. Steve Bullock will announce a new agreement today designed to restore and protect habitat for sage grouse.

A new study supported by research from the U.S. Forrest Service's fire science's laboratory in Missoula says that wildfire seasons are getting longer in the world because of climate change.

An agriculture funding bill moving through the U.S. Senate would have big benefits for Montana farmers and ranchers.

Officials have released the name of a man who died in a house fire in the community of Evergreen.

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