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Morning Newscast 07-02-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

On today's morning newscast: low water levels have state wildlife officials reducing fishing hours in certain western Montana waterways heading into Independence Day weekend.

A young boy playing with fireworks started a fire east of Ronan that caused $250 thousand of damage to a shop and department.

A panel of prominent scientists are meeting in Bozeman to talk about controlling brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone area. It’s the start of a year-long process to evaluate options for trying to control the disease.

Montana's new Republican Party chairman is making a show of party unity by appointing the incumbent he ousted and another candidate for the top spot to leadership positions.

A Helena judge says a state law cutting teachers' inflationary pension increases is unconstitutional.

Authorities are looking for who is responsible for poisoning two Labrador retrievers in Condon.

Montana health officials say the year's first human case of West Nile Virus has been reported by the Rosebud County authorities.

A Montana man has applied for a marriage license so he can legally wed his second wife. Nathan Collier of Billings said yesterday that last week's U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage inspired him to try to force the acceptance of polygamous marriages.

A federal appeals court will take up a dispute over whether a 6-foot statue of Jesus should remain on U.S. Forrest Service land next to a Montana ski resort.

A federal judge is holding a hearing on whether the founder of Montana's Yellowstone Club should be freed after spending more than two months in jail for not following a court order.

Ken Blatt St. Marks, who has been repeatedly elected and removed as chairman of the Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee, has been elected for a fourth time. St. Marks received 280 of the 625 votes cast in Tuesday's special election.

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