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Evening Newscast 09-20-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

Mike Fellows, the Libertarian Party's candidate for Montana's U.S. House seat, was killed in a car accident last night returning from a candidate forum in Seeley Lake. Missoula County sheriff's officials say Fellows died in a head-on collision with another vehicle.

Montana's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased by one-tenth of a percent to 4.3 percent in August.

A small technology firm based in Polson has filed a lawsuit against oilfield services giant Halliburton, one of the world's largest corporations.

A bicyclist from Ohio riding across the country was critically injured when she was struck by a car on U.S. Highway 2 in northwestern Montana.

A former Great Falls man charged with killing a disabled veteran has waived extradition to Montana.

This week Montana’s Environmental Information Center and solar energy advocates asked federal authorities to reverse a state regulators’ decision earlier this year that advocates say is killing clean energy jobs.

A mining company planning to build a copper mine near a Smith River tributary has resubmitted its application after state environmental officials said the previous version was insufficient.

A state judge has reduced the bail for a Great Falls man charged with killing his wife after a request from the victim's father.

A 26-year-old Butte man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his father in November 2008 and hiding his body.

Candidates for Montana’s contested seat in the state supreme court met and debated in Seeley Lake Monday night during a candidate forum.

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