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Morning Newscast 03-18-16

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

The Obama administration has canceled a long disputed oil and gas lease near Glacier National Park.

A Bozeman legislator accused of taking illegal corporate contributions is calling his pending trial a "lynching" and says the state regulator who instigated it is out to destroy his political future.

Bad feelings that lingered since a Montana priest prevented two men in a civil union from participating in Mass 18 months ago have re-emerged to disrupt the recent funeral of an elderly parishioner.

Montana Superintendent of Schools and U.S. Congress candidate Denise Juneau will serve as the main speaker at the North Dakota Democratic convention banquet in Bismarck on April 2.

The attorney for a Montana teacher serving 10 years in prison in a notorious student rape case says her client's pending appeal is frivolous, an unusual move that could end the defendant's chances for a reduced term.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte has repeatedly challenged Gov. Steve Bullock to join him in refusing money from political action committees.

Bark beetles over the past two decades have devastated millions of acres of North America’s best lodgepole and whitebark pine stands.

A 22-year-old woman was killed in a weather-related car crash near Columbia Falls.

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