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Evening Newscast 05-17-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks staff are investigating a reported bear attack in a remote section of the Cabinet Mountains south of Libby.

The National Park Service has approved plans to rebuild a century-old Montana hikers' dormitory that was destroyed in a fire last year in Glacier National Park.
 
One of the six owners of the Colstrip power plant is offering $4.5 million in transition funding to the Colstrip community in anticipation of the coal-fired plant shutting down.

Flooding continues to be a concern on rivers and streams across western and central Montana.
 
Two conservation groups are suing to block a Montana logging project next to Yellowstone National Park.

The U.S. Department of Justice today filed a motion to lift the gag order on the new agreement to clean up a big portion of the Butte Superfund site.

Montana’s Department of Justice says about 200 people have been charged under a new law making strangling a spouse, partner or family member a felony.

Missoula’s Big Sky high school has suspended a student for continuing to wear a Confederate flag sweatshirt, after administrators requested that he stop wearing it.

The Montana Supreme Court has overturned a nearly $35 million judgment against the state in a lawsuit filed by liquor store owners.

A documentary on Montana’s overcrowded county jails airs tonight on MontanaPBS.

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