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Morning Newscast 10-22-15

MTPR Morning Newscast
Josh Burnham

A spokeswoman for Superintendent of Public Instruction Denise Juneau says the Democrat is considering challenging U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke for Montana's U.S. House seat next year.

Specialists developing a fuel reduction project to reduce fire danger for homes north of Whitefish and to protect the city's watershed held an open house Wednesday evening.

Logging projects in northwest Montana have resumed under a recently approved settlement over grizzly bear protection.

A coroner's inquest is underway in Billings in the January death of a man who was shot by officers who were trying to arrest him outside Billings Clinic.

Two former leaders of an online lending company have pleaded not guilty to new criminal charges of defrauding the Chippewa Cree tribe, accepting bribes and evading their taxes.

The Montana Board of Livestock is taking steps to tighten its oversight of the state's livestock agency in the wake of financial problems and the resignation of its executive officer.

Former Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer is bullish on the future of energy generation and distribution.

Montana’s civil courts system is in crisis. That’s the picture leaders of 15 legal and social service agencies painted for the state Supreme Court’s Access to Justice Commission yesterday in Kalispell.

A court has rejected the appeal of a Blackfeet tribal consultant who was convicted in a scheme to defraud a federally funded program for at­-risk youths.

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