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Evening Newscast 09-09-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

An interim committee is sending five bills meant to blunt the economic impact of a partial closure of Colstrip's coal-fired power plant to the Montana Legislature.

A state judge has ordered DNA testing on several pieces of evidence collected during the investigation of a 1994 homicide in the Helena area.

The Montana Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians has sought federal recognition for almost 4 decades. 

Montana has re-opened a short stretch of the Yellowstone River to fishing, boating and other activities after officials reported not finding any more dead mountain whitefish there in the last week. 

A state judge has ordered DNA testing on several pieces of evidence collected during the investigation of a 1994 homicide in the Helena area.

A Ronan man was injured when the ultralight aircraft he was piloting landed hard and flipped onto its top.

The Westbound lanes of I-90 east of Missoula between mile markers 117 and 118 are closed, as is the eastbound passing lane.

Glacier National Park is on track to set a new annual visitation record before the year is up after welcoming nearly two million visitors to the park this summer.

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