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Montana Morning State News Headlines for Wednesday, August 7
A convicted sex offender allegedly threatened the officer who arrested him for drunk driving on Sunday. Nathan Hardin was released to the pretrial supervision program.
Missoula County Treasurer Tyler Gernant explains the exceptionally long wait for license plate and title transfers due to a computer crash.
The Western Montana Fair gets underway in Missoula, with Zero Waste Ambassadors, and the rodeo will honor missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.
Sunny and continued hot in western Montana with highs in the mid 90's.
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