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Morning Newscast 09-23-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

Sen. Jon Tester of Montana will escort Pope Francis into tomorrow's joint session of Congress.

Montana Public Service Commission Chairman Brad Johnson says he'll run for governor in the 2016 election.

Convicted murderer Dale Wayne Eaton is set to appear today before a state judge in Casper, Wyoming.

A survey shows the percentage of Montana high school students who smoke, drink and use drugs continues to decrease while time in front of computer screens and obesity rates are increasing.

Montana Governor Steve Bullock joined the governors of Wyoming and Colorado in Denver yesterday for the announcement that the greater sage grouse will not be placed on the endangered species list.

The Northern Cheyenne Tribal Council has voted against the proposed Tongue River Railroad, saying the $403 million project would harm the reservation's cultural sites and resources.

Montana State University has placed a fraternity on interim suspension and warned students against attending parties in an area southwest of campus while school officials investigate reports that party­goers were assaulted and drinks may have been drugged.

A former high school girls' basketball coach who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting one of his players has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Beaverhead County officials are searching for a 53­-year­-old Kalispell man who did not return from a bow hunting trip near Wisdom.

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