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Evening Newscast 08-12-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

One of the three fires burning in Yellowstone National Park has grown significantly in the last 24 hours.

Representatives from three organizations say they will either change or cease running issue ads that mention Montana political candidates ahead of a Tuesday deadline that would require them to register as political committees, and make financial disclosures to the state.

Montana Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Gary Wolfe says wildlife should not be managed like livestock.

Attorneys for the state have agreed to have DNA testing performed on several items of evidence recovered during the investigation of a 1994 homicide near Helena as two men convicted of the crime seek to prove their innocence.

Native Americans can begin collecting plants growing in national parks under a new federal rule.

The Montana Petroleum Association is warning the city council in Spokane that it's courting lawsuits with a proposed ordinance to fine railroads that move oil and coal through the city.

A 53-year-old Texas man has drowned in a Montana kayaking accident.

A Washington state motorcyclist was injured and a bear was killed in a collision on Interstate 90 near Reed Point.

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