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Morning Newscast 09-09-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

The subject of a law enforcement search in the hills north of Helena is now charged with deliberate homicide.

A school bus driver died in a rollover crash near Whitefish at the beginning of her route.

A federal judge has blocked construction of a dam along the Yellowstone River near the Montana and ­North Dakota border over worries that it could harm an endangered fish population.

The U.S. oil and gas production boom of the past decade has an unwanted side effect: millions of gallons of briny wastewater have spilled onto land and flowed into waterways, often doing severe damage.

A California ­based distributor challenging Montana's milk freshness rule is too restrictive is taking its case to a federal appeals court.

A study of government health surveys finds half of all U.S. adults now have diabetes or prediabetes.

Despite fires and view obstructing smoke last month, Glacier National Park is still on pace to break last year's records with 2.3 million visitors.

Until this week the Missoula County Sheriff's office hadn't had an increase in sworn officers in 30 years.

Authorities say they have arrested a man who allegedly hit a Missoula police officer with his car, causing the officer to fire his weapon at the vehicle.

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