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Evening Newscast 03-18-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A judge has set bail at $2 million for a man accused of fatally shooting one person and injuring three others, including Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Wade Palmer.

Dozens of Montana National Guard soldiers have returned home following a nine-month deployment to Afghanistan.

Montana State has decided not to renew the contract of men's basketball coach Brian Fish, whose teams posted a 65-92 record over the past five seasons.

Senate President Scott Sales announced today that he is running for the office of Secretary of State in 2020.

Two days after Montana state lawmakers heard a bill to impose work requirements on people who get expanded Medicaid benefits, their counterparts in Idaho introduced a similar bill.

The University of Montana is moving forward with a plan to add online courses intended for students who live far from its traditional campus amid shrinking enrollment numbers.

A proposal to add an additional one percent to the resort tax that nine Montana towns are allowed to levy got initial approval today.

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