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Evening Newscast 03-22-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A backcountry avalanche warning has been issued for several mountain ranges in northwestern Montana, while parts of central and northeastern Montana are under flood warnings and advisories.

Acting U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt is ordering federal land managers to give more consideration to public access concerns when selling or trading public land.

The Republican plan to continue Medicaid expansion will result in half of the 96,000 people currently enrolled in the program losing health coverage. That’s according to an analysis released this afternoon by Gov. Steve Bullock’s office.

Montana's unemployment rate remained 3.8 percent in February, matching the national rate.

A former undersheriff in northern Montana is accused of stealing firearms when he left his post for another job.

State officials say a proposed expansion to Montana Resources’ tailings impoundment in Butte next to its active copper mine there won’t impact groundwater.

The Montana Legislature unanimously passed a bill today to clarify that fossils are part of a property's surface rights, not its mineral rights, unless a contract separating those rights says otherwise.

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