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Evening Newscast 11-18-15

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

A University of Montana study funded by the state’s largest electric utility predicts dire economic consequences to the state because of the president’s plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

A group of Missoula residents is working to bring a resettlement agency to the city in order to help refugees.

Montana is reviewing its criminal justice system. The goal is to reduce spending and lower recidivism rates, while improving public safety.

Yellowstone National Park proposes to kill roughly 1,000 wild bison this winter, mostly calves and females, as officials seek to curb the animals' annual migration into Montana.

An elk hunter reported shooting and killing a grizzly bear northwest of Gardiner over the weekend.

The federal government is loaning $11 million to two western Montana hospitals.

A fatal neurological disease that infects elk, deer and moose has been discovered closer to Yellowstone National Park than ever before.

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