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Evening Newscast 03-16-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

A Montana high school student has been arrested after a police chase in which shots were fired in a school parking lot in Missoula.

Staff of the Legislative Services Division told Montana lawmakers the Legislature's sexual harassment training and policies are inadequate.

Republican legislative leaders set up a committee Friday to investigate confidential settlements paid out to public employees under the administration of Governor Steve Bullock.

Two people were arrested after chaining themselves to cement-filled barrels in an effort to prevent trucks from hauling Yellowstone National Park bison to slaughterhouses.

An eastern Montana judge has dismissed a deliberate homicide charge against a 21-year-old Miles City-area man in the death of his girlfriend while investigators continue to look into his self-defense claim.

A company created to mine for the digital currency bitcoin began operation at a facility south of Butte Wednesday.

The Lolo National Forest’s Missoula Ranger District is now accepting public comment on a proposal to plant trees on thousands of acres that burned in last summer’s 50-thousand-acre Lolo Peak fire.

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