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WASHINGTON (AP) — Five months after she was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as attorney general, Loretta Lynch will finally get a confirmation vote in the Senate.

A study by the US geological survey shows that Yellowstone National park plays a big role in driving nearby economies. Public information officer Traci Weaver says the park helped contribute over 540 million dollars just last year.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) — The Montana Supreme Court has ordered a western Montana man who was convicted of incest, rape and sexual assault to be re-sentenced, agreeing that the judge failed to give him credit for time served between his arrest and sentencing.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The world's financial leaders see a number of threats facing a global economy still on an uneven road to recovery, with U.S. and European officials worrying that Greece will default on its debt.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. Senate field hearing planned for next week will focus on the importance of coal to some American Indian tribes in the West.

The City of Missoula has joined a large group of cities and states that are protesting Indiana's newly enacted religious freedom laws, stating that they could be used as an excuse to legally discriminate against the LGBT community, according to Missoula City Council Vice President Jason Weiner.

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota plans to join Wyoming in a lawsuit challenging a new federal hydraulic fracturing rule for U.S. government lands.

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence says he wants legislation clarifying that a new religious-freedom does not allow discrimination on his desk by the end of the week.

MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) A Polson man has died of injuries he suffered in a March 20 motorcycle crash on Montana Highway 200, just east of Clearwater Junction.

Gas prices are still rising in Montana, but at an extremely slow rate says gasbuddy.com Petroleum Analyst Patrick Dehaan. "It was a quiet week for prices in Montana, inching forward by about a penny in the last week," said Dehaan. "Prices currently stand at $2...