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Morning Newscast 10-13-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

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

Montana 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.

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

Wildlife officials say a woman survived a bear attack along the Yellowstone River near Emigrant after her dog intervened and chased the bear away.

There has been a surge of bear deaths along Montana highways as more bears have been making their way down to river valleys in search of food ahead of their winter hibernation.

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

The FBI is investigating the stabbing death of a 58-­year­-old Hays man.

Montana's timber industry is watching to see if Canadian lumber will soon flood the market. That's because a 9­-year-­old U­S-­Canada Lumber trade Agreement expired today.

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