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Evening Newscast 08-24-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

The roughly 21 thousand acre Copper King Fire continues to burn eight miles outside ofThompson Falls.

In Livingston tonight, state wildlife officials are updating the public on the fish killing disease that's prompted them to close 180 miles of the Yellowstone River, and hundreds of miles of tributaries.

The sponsor of a proposed initiative to repeal Montana's medical marijuana law says he won't appeal a Flathead County judge's order denying his request to place the measure on November's ballot.

Health insurance companies selling individual policies in Montana say they have to raise their prices next year. But the federal government says it won’t be as bad as the headlines suggest.

A wildlife advocacy group intends to sue the U.S. Government for failing to protect endangered plants and animals, despite findings by federal officials that protections were warranted.

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