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Evening Newscast 10-20-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

A jury has found a 29-year-old Kalispell man guilty of the drug-related stabbing death of another man whose body was left in a creek east of Creston.

A parasite that caused a major die-off of mountain whitefish in the Yellowstone River this summer has been found in seven other rivers in Montana.

A Fairview man has been convicted of deliberate homicide in the Valentine's Day 2013 death of his girlfriend, whose body has not been found.

A justice of the peace has denied a request to release a Washington state man jailed on suspicion of possessing 50 pounds of marijuana so he could make it to his cancer surgery.

The outgoing director of the National Park Service says the agency must attract younger and more racially diverse visitors to the areas it manages and will probably uncover more cases of sexual harassment in its workforce.

Convicted murderer Barry Beach, who was granted clemency last November is under increased probation restrictions after he reportedly sexually propositioned a 12-year-old girl.

A 40-year-old Billings man has been sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing five children who attended his mother's daycare.

Montana’s Republican Party is concerned that Democrats are offering to deliver voters’ ballots to election offices, and soliciting reports of voter fraud associated with that.

The president of the Montana Senate is asking legislative auditors to investigate the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services.

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