Montana Morning Headlines – August 10, 2017
The Gibraltar Ridge Fire near Eureka is now the number one firefighting priority in the nation, and there are fresh evacuations for the Sunrise Fire near Superior.
An increased tax base has allowed the city of Missoula to reverse it's planned tax increase.
The list of candidates for the University of Montana presidency has been narrowed from 99 down to 13, and about half are women.
20 percent chance of thunderstorms and continued smoky for western Montana, highs near 90.
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