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Evening Newscast 08-05-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Updates on the Roaring Lion and Copper King fires.

A man shot to death by a Phillips County sheriff's deputy last week had been walking down the highway in the middle of the night wearing only underwear prior to the confrontation that led to his death.

Authorities have found a Montana teenager who had been missing since early Wednesday, and the man suspected of abducting her has been taken into custody.

The Montana Department of Revenue is reaching out to Bitterroot Valley residents who lost their homes this week to wildfire.

Montana biologists say they've been seeing more grizzly bear activity east of the Continental Divide in recent years.

A Crow Agency man has been sentenced to probation for killing a bald eagle.

It’s been a difficult week for Bitterroot Valley residents whose lives have been interrupted by the Roaring Lion fire.

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