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Evening Newscast 08-24-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A fast-growing wildfire discovered Thursday night in the northeastern part of Glacier National Park has led to the closure of nearly all of neighboring Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada.

Yellowstone National Park officials say it was a grizzly bear that attacked a 10-year-old boy yesterday near Old Faithful.

A tobacco-industry funded group has launched a massive ad blitz against a ballot initiative to fund Montana's Medicaid expansion program by raising the tobacco tax.

The National Weather Service is predicting potential thunderstorms and gusty winds tonight in and around Glacier National Park.

A Montana judge ordered a new trial for a man convicted of possessing methamphetamine after learning a state crime lab employee was under the influence of meth while testifying to convict him.

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