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KGVO Morning News for Monday July 14 [YouTube]
2 weeks ago Here are your morning news headlines from KGVO 1290 AM and 101.5 FM for Monday, July 14.
Montana News
Montana News
2 weeks ago
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Montana Saves $1.6 Million by Refinancing Bonds
Montana Governor Steve Bullock’s Budget Director Dan Villa says the state has saved a substantial amount of money this week, July 10, by refinancing bonds, so far, the state has saved over $1.6 million by doing this.
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UPDATE – Alaska Runner Shatters Record at Missoula Marathon [YouTube]
2 weeks ago UPDATE - 9:00 a.m. Sunday, July 13
Matt Adams, a runner from Alaska, running in the Missoula Marathon for the first time, has set a new course record, in addition to a new state record. Race Director Anders Brooker relayed the information to KGVO News.
"One exciting this happened today," Brooker said. "Our men's marathon winner, the top finisher, broke the all-time Montana record, so he ran the fastest marathon ever on the soil of Montana."
Adams finished the race in two hours and twenty minutes, shattering the old record by almost six full minutes.
Brooker said participation numbers for the eighth annual event has broken all records, as well.
"We're at right around 4,200 for the half marathon, about 1,600 for the full marathon," he said. "We had 1,000 for the 5k race on Saturday, along with about 500 for the kids yesterday. Anyone who's thinking about doing it next year, hopefully you witnessed it this year and saw all the fun and energy here at the finish line. Right now, downtown Missoula is just electric with people."
The sun was barely up on Sunday morning before 4,200 enthusiastic runners and walkers squeezed through the starting gate on Blue Mountain Road for a 6 a.m. start of the Missoula half-marathon.
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West Nile Virus Season Coming to Montana Soon
Mosquitoes are already out in droves across Montana, but they will get even worse by late July. That’s when communicable disease epidemiologist Joel Merriman says mosquitoes are expected to start spreading West Nile Virus.
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KGVO Morning News for Friday July 11 [VIDEO]
2 weeks ago Here are your Friday, July 11 news headlines from KGVO AM-FM...
28 year-old Idaho man appears in Missoula Justice Court after allegedly attacking two woman this week...Montana Attorney General Tim Fox responds to the White House about crime in the Bakken
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Montana Attorney General Focuses Extra Law Enforcement on the Bakken [AUDIO]
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Lawsuit by Senate Candidate Claims Montana Disclosure Rule Infringes on Free Speech
Former Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate, Dan Cox is starting a class action lawsuit against the Montana Judicial Standards Commission.
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KGVO Morning News Headlines for Thursday July 10 [VIDEO]
2 weeks ago KGVO Morning News headlines...include Missoula police nabbing a man who assaulted a woman near the Higgins Bridge...
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Montana World Affairs Council Founder – “Arab Israel Conflict Will Get Worse Before it Gets Worse” [AUDIO]
3 weeks ago The conflict between the nation of Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas has escalated into rocket attacks into Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, followed by Israeli air strikes into the West Bank.
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Body of Missing Pablo Woman Found in Flathead County
According to the Lake County Sheriff's Office 40-year-old Shannon Turner's body was discovered last night in a maroon Chevy van belonging to Turner.