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Evening Newscast 06-08-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On tonight's evening newscast: The investigation continues into a multiple murder suicide outside Deer Lodge Sunday.

The Montana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union has hired a new executive director.

A federal judge in Montana will decide how long former billionaire Tim Blixseth will remain in jail now that an appeals court rejected the fallen real estate mogul's plea to be released.

The U.S. government has made offers worth more than $230 million to nearly 12,000 landowners on the Fort Peck and Fort Belknap reservations to buy fractionated parcels of land and turn them over to tribal governments.

Montana Farmers Union has launched an initiative to educate its 11,000 members and anyone else willing to listen about the effects of global warming in Montana.

A new visitor center will open in West Glacier this summer to encourage more tourists to visit the communities surrounding Glacier National Park.

An 18-year-old Eureka man has pleaded guilty to robbery for stealing money from an undercover agent during a drug sting.

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