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Evening Newscast 07-11-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

The search continues for a 12-year-old girl who is missing and presumed drowned in an irrigation canal near Huntley.

A campground in Glacier National Park was temporarily evacuated Saturday evening after a Helena man fired a shot into the air from his tent. 

Four members of the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council will be sworn in this week.

Missoula County fire danger has been downgraded to "Moderate". 

Governor Steve Bullock was in Missoula Monday, on state business and to campaign.

Mineral County commissioners have decided to cut six county positions to address a more than $400,000 budget shortfall.

The state health department has reduced the fee it charges to obtain or renew a medical marijuana card from $75 a year to $5.

Prosecutors and a defense attorney say four of the five people accused of smuggling drugs into Montana State Prison plan to plead guilty. 

The lightning-caused Observation Fire south of Hamilton went from being 50% contained Friday to 90% contained Monday.

Monday, an 18-year-old Helena man made his initial appearance on a deliberate homicide charge alleging he fatally shot a man while pistol-whipping another man. 

After a record number of visitors passed through Glacier National Park's gates in June, the park is on pace for a third straight year of record visitation

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