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Evening Newscast 09-06-2017

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

Evacuation orders have been lifted on some fires in Montana, but some residents who returned home are being warned to prepare to leave again, if needed.

Four finalists for the position of president of the University of Montana have been invited to Missoula for on-campus interviews later this month.

Heavy smoke over the Sprague Fire in Glacier National Park made for a day of reduced fire behavior today.

Smoke from the Rice Ridge Fire burning outside Seeley Lake is proving to be both a blessing and a curse.

The Flathead County Sheriff's Office is warning people to be on the lookout for a person posing as an emergency services worker and telling residents to leave their homes.

The wife of U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is backing a political newcomer for the U.S. Senate seat that Montana Republicans had hoped Zinke would run for himself.

A private company that had previously allowed public use of its lands in northwest Montana announced yesterday that it would no longer do so due to extreme fire danger.

Montana environmental regulators have granted a wastewater discharge permit for a company that wants to bottle drinking water east of Kalispell.

Three more conservation groups are suing to restore federal protections to grizzly bears living in and around Yellowstone National Park. 

Montana wildlife officials say people trying to take photos of two young bear cubs ended up separating them from their mother.

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