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Evening Newscast 06-15-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR evening newscast.

Law enforcement officers with the Fort Peck Tribes are still searching for inmates who escaped from the tribal jail in Poplar. The tribe is offering reward money for information leading to the six who remain at large after 13 inmates escaped earlier this month.

A Montana mortuary business must pay a woman $50,000 after her husband was cremated against his wishes.

Idaho authorities say a second body has been recovered after a vehicle carrying six hunters crashed into the fast-moving Selway river last month.

The Republican National Committee and a Montana photographer are preparing for trial over claims that the GOP group used her photo of 2017 U.S. House candidate Rob Quist in an attack mailer without permission.

Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was down slightly to 3.9 percent in May. The state's unemployment rate was 4 percent in April and in May last year.

The Montana Broadcasters Association is still planning to hold its senate candidates debate Sunday in Whitefish, but only one candidate is going to be there.

Idaho resident hunters can now apply for the state's one grizzly bear hunting tag.

State health officials are undecided on what to do two days after a judge ordered them to reinstate last year's Medicaid reimbursement rates.

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