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Evening Newscast 08-08-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

An Oregon man who was arrested after causing disturbances in three national parks, including harassing a bison in Yellowstone, must stay in jail until his bench trial later this month.

Campfires, smoking and off-road driving will be prohibited in west-central Montana, beginning at noon Friday, due to wildfire danger.

Montana's commissioner of political practices says state law allows voters to take 'ballot selfies' in polling places on Election Day.

A Montana attorney has become the new president of the American Bar Association.

Margot Kidder's daughter says the Superman actress' death has been ruled a suicide.

A wildfire burning north of Hot Springs on the Flathead Reservation grew substantially over the past 24 hours.

The Bacon Rind Fire on the border of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Yellowstone National Park grew only slightly, from 488 Monday to 500 acres today. 

Fire managers in the Flathead Valley say this weekend could carry the highest fire danger so far this summer.

 

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