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Evening Newscast 01-17-17

MTPR Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Montana Congressman Ryan Zinke who is President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Interior had a four-hour confirmation hearing before a Senate committee Tuesday.

New nationwide rules to curtail the practice of burning off excess natural gas from oil and gas wells on federal land took effect today after a judge said he saw no urgent reason to block them while a lawsuit proceeds.

Leave your guns at home. That’s the message Whitefish City Manager Chuck Stearns sent to neo-Nazi organizers, who proposed an armed march against the city last month.

Montana officials are searching for ways to fund a proposed two-year plan to combat the spread of invasive mussels.

Missoula high school computer science students have developed an app-concept that’s taken top honors in a statewide competition.

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Nate Hegyi
Nate is UM School of Journalism reporter. He reads the news on Montana Public Radio three nights a week.