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Evening Newscast 05-22-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On tonight's evening newscast: The state Board of Regents today formally approved renaming the University of Montana Law School in honor of Great Falls Attorney Alexander Blewett the third, following Blewett and his wife’s gift of $10 million to the school announced this week.

Two adult male grizzly bears have been euthanized for killing calves on a private ranch southeast of Red Lodge.

Montana’s new campaign finance law still has at least one loophole that needs to be addressed. That’s according to state Political Practices Commissioner Jonathan Motl.

A 90-year-old Butte woman was killed when she was hit by her car after a trip to the grocery store.

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied a petition from Yellowstone Club founder Tim Blixseth to be released from a Montana jail after he was found in contempt of court.

A black bear is dead after being shot by a St. Regis woman who says the animal was in her front yard when it charged.

The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks is asking its bison expert to step down to a lower paying job as legislative budget reductions force the agency to cut five wildlife division positions.

One week into Montana’s paddlefish season on the the lower Yellowstone river, biologists say they’re not seeing any negative impacts from an oil spill on that stretch of river in January.

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