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Evening Newscast: Friday, Feb 24

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  • Dozens of residents of a small southwestern Montana community say federal environmental officials have botched a 34-year environmental cleanup of the toxic metals in their soil and now they want a shot at it
     
  • A Billings radio station has suspended a host indefinitely for suggesting that Native American basketball teams have their own post-season tournaments
     
  • Montana legislators are wading into an emotional battle over the First Amendment as it considers a bill prohibiting the news media from posting photos of fatal accidents before authorities can notify next of kin
     
  • The Spokane-based medical testing laboratory in PAML, that provides laboratory services in Montana, has been sold to industry giant LabCorp
     
  • The University of Wyoming's student government has postponed a vote on flying a flag commonly associated with lesbian, gay bisexual, and transgender pride on the university campus
     
  • Montana legislative leaders expect to give Gov. Steve Bullock their recommendations for a new commissioner of political practices in the second week of March
     
  • Lawmakers in Helena are debating if doctors should face homicide charges for helping a terminally ill patient die
     
  • Wildlife officials say a mountain lion took a swipe at a 6-year-old boy in Montana, but the boy was not hurt
     
  • The Montana House has given initial approval to a measure that would restrict doctors from prescribing more than a seven-day supply of opioid drugs to first-time patients