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Evening Newscast 01-23-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A University of Montana Grizzly football player was found dead in his Missoula home Tuesday in what police believe to be a suicide.

An overnight storm that dumped snow across large parts of Montana has snarled traffic and closed schools in the northwestern part of the state.

Survivors of domestic violence, stalking and harassment came to the Montana Capitol Wednesday to rally support for Senate Bill 114, which would update laws around stalking and restraining orders.

Missoula County is the latest among a slate of city, county, state and tribal governments in Montana to sue drug companies over the nation's opioid crisis.

Two bills sponsored by state Sen. Sue Malek of Missoula would limit plastic straw use in restaurants and require charging for plastic bags in stores.

Logging opponents have filed a lawsuit over the Montana Land Board's approval of a proposed logging project south of Bozeman.

A 32-year-old Montana man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a fatal crash in October that killed a passenger.

Plastics like the fibers in t-shirts and the abrasive beads in body wash are polluting rivers more than previously thought, according to researchers from the University of Montana’s Flathead Lake Biological Station.

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