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Evening Newscast 03-14-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

Last month's harsh winter weather has delayed a pilot project that aims to stop the rise of toxic water in Butte's Berkeley Pit.

The operator of a leading neo-Nazi website claims it's too dangerous for him to travel to the U.S. to be questioned under oath for a lawsuit accusing him of terrorizing a Montana real estate agent's family.

State legislators are considering giving counties greater powers for managing aquatic invasive species.

A judge has blocked a project that called for logging and prescribed burning in the Elkhorn Mountains near Townsend.

A federal appeals court has blocked a western Montana logging project while it considers a lawsuit that claims the project could harm threatened species.

A bill moving through the Legislature would allow microdistilleries to increase their alcohol production and still keep their tasting rooms.

Now that industrial hemp is legal to produce, thanks to the federal 2018 Farm Bill, the Montana Department of Agriculture has set up a committee to help producers research and market the crop.

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