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Morning Newscast 12-17-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Morning Newscast

A mining company has applied for an operating permit for an underground copper mine north of White Sulphur Springs. Tintina Resources Inc. submitted its application for the Black Butte Copper Project yesterday to the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.

The market value of a Pennsylvania company's stake in one of the largest coal plants in the western United States has been slashed by 87 percent over the past two years. The sharp decline in Talen Energy's ownership of Montana's Colstrip power plant reflects how exposed some utilities are to depressed coal markets.

The Montana Public Service Commission has rejected Montana-Dakota Utilities' request for a $10.9 million electricity rate hike. The PSC voted Tuesday against the request, which is part of a larger $11.8 million increase sought by the utility. That would be a 21.1 percent rate increase.

A former officer at the Dawson County Correctional Facility has been found guilty of sexual assault for having an intimate relationship with an inmate.

Members of Congress from eleven states say they're concerned about postponements to recent oil and gas lease sales. Acreage leased by the BLM has dropped sharply over the past eight years.

Stillwater Mining Co. says union members at the company's East Boulder Mine south of Big Timber have ratified a four-year contract.

A Billings police officer says the gun used to kill a man outside an apartment complex last year was stolen from a Bureau of Indian Affairs special agent.

Montana State University and a New Mexico entrepreneur have halted talks about a public-private partnership to open a medical school in Bozeman.

Billings police officials say officers asked an armed man whose face was covered by a scarf to leave a park during a rally to support the city's small Muslim community.

A state prison inmate serving time for child sex abuse has died.

Someone recently put a valuable gold coin in one of the organization’s signature red kettles at the Smith’s grocery store in Columbia Falls.

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