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Morning Newscast 11-19-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

A group of Missoula residents is working to bring a resettlement agency to the city in order to help refugees.

Yesterday Montana’s Republicans in Congress urged Governor Steve Bullock to object to any efforts by the federal government to place Syrian refugees in Montana.

Yellowstone National Park proposes to kill roughly 1,000 wild bison this winter, ­ mostly calves and females, ­ as officials seek to curb the animals' annual migration into Montana.

Investigators say an inmate who was found dead at the Cascade County Regional Detention Center in Great Falls appears to have hanged himself.

The Montana Department of Justice has issued the Billings Police Department a sanction letter after an officer made unauthorized requests for criminal justice information while off­-duty.

Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are investigating after a dead grizzly bear was found near Seeley Lake in west­-central Montana.

A University of Montana study funded by the state’s largest electric utility predicts dire economic consequences to the state because of the president’s plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

The state is reviewing its criminal justice system, with the goal of reducing spending and lowering recidivism rates while improving public safety.

Montana State University is enacting extra security measures for Saturday's Cat­-Griz game in Bozeman based on guidelines provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

An elk hunter reported shooting and killing a grizzly bear northwest of Gardiner last weekend.

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