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Morning Newscast 09-29-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

Funeral services are scheduled Thursday for Jean A. Turnage, a former chief justice of the Montana Supreme Court.

Investigators say a fire that destroyed the main building of a furniture and flooring store in Columbia Falls may have been intentionally set.

A lawyer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says a federal judge in Utah went too far when he struck down protections for prairie dogs found only in that state.

A recent audit by the Veterans Benefits Administration has found there have been improvements in the accuracy of how claims are reviewed at the VA Regional Benefit Office at Fort Harrison.

Higher speed limits and new sex-­offender requirements are among the 165 new laws that take effect Thursday in Montana.

A Montana City meat processor is suing the Montana Department of Livestock over what he says was an illegal search of his property in 2013.

Wildlife officials say the elderly woman who was seriously injured by a black bear was attacked inside her home west of Kalispell.

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