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Evening Newscast 09-02-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Despite a Red Flag warning being in effect, firefighters on the Holter Complex Fire between Helena and Great Falls managed to keep the blaze’s growth under a hundred acres.

The Sheep Fire just south of Essex is also showing slowed activity as crews continue to build fire lines and put out hot spots.

Firefighters continued to de-mobilize from the Clark Fork Complex fires straddling the Idaho-Montana state line near Heron.

A soldier was injured during a U.S. Army Special Operations parachute training exercise near Hamilton yesterday.

The Helena Independent Record is reporting that one firefighter was hospitalized today after an ATV accident on the 700 acre Holter fire near Wolf Creek.

Several groups voiced concerns today about proposed new rules that govern Montana political campaigns.

Two Glacier National Park employees were rescued after falling near a cliff face above Avalanche Lake.

A Hamilton doctor pleads not guilty to 400 felonies charges in connection to over-prescribing pain medication that allegedly led to the deaths of two patients.

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled that residents in Opportunity seeking an environmental cleanup will get their day in court.

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