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Morning Newscast 10-14-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke says he is considering running for House speaker.

A Montana State University official says two people are being questioned after a 36­-year-­old student was found with his throat cut in the student union building.

A grass fire that started Sunday afternoon north of Manhattan and that threatened 50 homes is now only threatening 20, fire officials say.

A magistrate judge scheduled a May trial in a lawsuit accusing the owners of a Montana power plant of violating the federal Clean Air Act and state laws.

A Missoula police officer who fired his weapon into the vehicle of a suspected drunken driver after being struck by the vehicle has been found to be justified in the shooting.

A man accused of shooting his neighbor while the two were hanging out in his garage in Billings has been charged with negligent homicide.

Lawmakers from three states plan to tour a proposed coal export terminal along the Columbia River, as supporters tout its economic benefits in the face of resistance from environmentalists and some officials.

A Democratic lawmaker says he will run for the Public Service Commission in hopes of breaking a Republican monopoly on the panel.

The three plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit seeking to block the transfer of the former Kerr dam to the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes are dropping the case.

One result of the sale of the dam is that Lake County will see a serious cut in tax revenues.­

Wildfires burning on prairie land in five states from Wyoming to Iowa have killed pets and livestock and destroyed more than a dozen homes.

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