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Evening Newscast 01-27-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Public Service Commission chairman Brad Johnson says he's dropping out of the governor's race.

Federal and state officials have recommended the Interior Department move forward in its consideration of two coal mining projects in Montana and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin.

The Idaho-based New Jersey Mining Company has purchased a 50 percent stake in the Butte Highlands Mine.

A bison advocate and a journalist are suing the National Park Service over access to Yellowstone National Park’s bison capture facility.

The National Park Service has finished an Environmental Assessment and is looking for public input on options for bison quarantine.

The Montana Supreme Court has scheduled arguments in the City of Missoula versus Mountain Water Case for April 22 in Missoula.

Senator Steve Daines said today Montana veterans should be able to talk to VA doctors about anything they want, including whether to use medical marijuana.

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