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Evening Newscast 08-08-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

All residents evacuated due to the Roaring Lion fire south of Hamilton are now allowed back home.

Both the Bitterroot National Forest and Yellowstone National Park are putting Stage One fire restrictions into place due to rising fire danger.

A former Blackfeet tribal councilwoman wants to withdraw her guilty plea to federal charges of harboring a fugitive, and lying to authorities.

A non-partisan organization that provides voters with factual information about politicians plans to leave its ranch in Montana after the next presidential election. 

Two Bozeman men have filed a complaint with the Human Rights Bureau, saying the state Division of Child and Family Services discriminated against them as they sought to adopt a foster child. 

The 82-hundred-acre wildfire south of Hamilton is expected to continue burning through at least early September.

Firefighters didn't waste any time attacking the Lost Trail Fire, a lightning-caused blaze discovered Saturday afternoon.

The Copper King fire, burning east of Thompson Falls, is now 5 percent contained, up from Friday’s zero.

Officials in south-central Montana say human remains found last week west of Melville may be those of a 38-year-old Bozeman hunter who went missing two years ago.

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