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Evening Newscast 04-22-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On this edition of the Montana Evening Newscast, Missoula County Attorney Kirsten Pabst lashed out at Author Jon Krakauer today, saying his book about sexual assaults in Missoula released yesterday contains, quote, “many factual errors.

The Montana Attorney General's office is asking a state judge to dismiss a lawsuit intended to stall the Flathead tribal water compact.

A downed power line temporarily kept Missoula-area firefighters at bay yesterday as they tried to extinguish a small grass fire.

A former employee of a chemical dependency and mental health treatment center for teens in Missoula has denied raping a 13-year-old patient.

Thursday at the state Legislature, the full House will vote on whether to put a measure on next November’s ballot that would take money from coal taxes to fund future state infrastructure projects.

Wednesday, the Blackfeet Nation launched a campaign urging the termination of oil and gas leases in the Badger-Two Medicine area south east of Glacier National Park.

It’s like the last week of high school in the state house and senate, as lawmakers who’ve been term-limited out of office say their farewells.

As the 2015 Montana Legislature draws to a close, many lawmakers are saying their goodbyes.

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