Evening Newscast 05-05-15

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Josh Burnham

On this edition of the Montana Evening Newscast, the Environmental Protection Agency says it can't remove all asbestos that presents a potential health risk to people in Libby.

Speed limits on rural interstate highways in Montana will increase to 80 mph this fall, but the cost of a speeding ticket will go up, too.

Montana's top education official said on Tuesday the state is unlikely to reach the required participation rate in student achievement tests this year.

Montana's governor vetoed a bill Monday he said would have created a task force to study the transfer or sell-off of public lands.

The Montana Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a re-sentencing request from a man convicted of killing his high-school classmate in 1979 when they both were teenagers.

A Great Falls woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for causing the overdose death of her 1-year-old grandson in 2013.

A convicted murderer from Seattle now faces charges of transporting a large quantity of methamphetamine to Missoula with plans to sell it. 

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