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Evening Newscast 10-12-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Crews are continuing to fight a 13 square mile grass fire north of Manhattan that’s threatening about 50 homes.

A retired high school teacher from Glendive is reportedly hiding from the law, caught in a legal limbo between state and tribal courts as she tries to gain custody of her grandsons.

Bigfork School District voters have overwhelmingly approved a $14 million renovation of the high school.

Montana's timber industry is watching to see if Canadian lumber will soon flood the market.

Dawson Community College in Glendive is cutting faculty jobs and eliminating classes to deal with the budget cuts that come with decreased enrollment.

State wildlife officials say the loss of the Land and Water Conservation Fund threatens the federal grants the state uses to help manage endangered and threatened species.

The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest reports a new grass and brush fire was discovered this afternoon near Lima.

A Kalispell man has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting two girls under the age of 5 as they played in a park.

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