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Evening Newscast 06-09-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

On tonight's evening newscast: Detectives are trying to piece together the story behind a family fight that led a Deer Lodge area man to kill his wife and three children Sunday morning, before turning the gun on himself.

Record heat in the Spokane area damaged a portion of US Highway 195.

A 30 ­year­-old Utah man has drowned while trying to "river surf" just west of Glacier National Park.

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are seeking information on a black bear poached just south of St. Regis.

The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior and the U.­S. Forest Service chief expect above average wildfire activity this year, especially across the Western U.­S.

Scientists report that after 20 years of attempts to save the species, northern spotted owl numbers in the Northwest are still on the decline ­ and at a faster rate.

A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments tomorrow over whether a Louisiana company should be allowed to drill for natural gas on land near Glacier National Park that is considered sacred to the Blackfeet Indians.

The low winter snow pack that melted away early is already having an impact on the Spokane River.

A Missoula man convicted of his wife's stabbing death in 1990 is facing new charges after his girlfriend told police he got drunk and threatened her and her 25 ­year­-old son with a knife.

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