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Evening Newscast 08-26-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

State labor officials will offer advice on job retraining for fishing guides, raft operators and other workers affected by the closure of a 183-mile stretch of the Yellowstone River.

A Montana suicide study panel is asking state lawmakers to pass legislation next year requiring mandatory screening for depression for all school children starting at age 11. 

A Montana Highway Patrol trooper has pleaded guilty in connection with striking a pedestrian with a patrol vehicle while on duty. 

The Copper King fire, burning on just over twenty two thousand acres east of Thompson Falls, has new closures in effect.

University of Montana President Royce Engstrom didn’t mince words today about enrollment during his annual State of the University address:

An Ecuadorian woman has fallen to her death at Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone in Yellowstone National Park.

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