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Morning Newscast 09-30-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

Montana will open a mental health treatment facility to relieve overcrowding at the Montana State Hospital in Warm Springs.

Seven Native American tribes in Montana and Virginia are making their case to a congressional panel to grant them federal recognition that would make them eligible for government benefits from education to health care.

The University of Montana's four sororities and seven fraternities will be taking a month-­long break from social events involving alcohol.

Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead and Montana Gov. Steve Bullock say it should be easier to remove wildlife from Endangered Species Act protection.

The Idaho Supreme Court has revived wrongful death lawsuit against the Idaho Department of Fish and Game over a helicopter crash that killed the pilot and two agency biologists.

The federal government has approved Cape Air for another contract to provide Essential Air Service flights in Montana.

The man who shot and killed two students on the Montana State University campus in 1990 will have his second chance at parole after 24 years in prison.

State regulators have indefinitely suspended the license of a southwestern Montana physician for continuing to practice medicine without the requirements of a probationary license.

Over the next year Schools of Promise will work with teachers, administrators and students in Heart Butte to create a plan for the expected 1.4 million dollars in aid the high school will receive.

An environmental group is suing the federal government for it's decision to allow a man to mine gravel near the Theodore Roosevelt historic western North Dakota ranch.

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