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Evening Newscast 02-07-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

A U.S. Senate subcommittee took up two bills on Montana wilderness today - one would protect more wilderness, the other would remove wilderness study protections. 

The father of three missing Michigan brothers says teeth and bone fragments found in September in Missoula don't belong to them. 

A jury has found a Missoula man guilty of sex trafficking charges after authorities said he lured women and girls into the commercial sex trade and then bullied and abused them so they'd keep working for him. 

Montana continues to be the only western state where all river basins have snowpack that is at least near-normal for this time of year. 

State lawmakers are concerned that small meat processing businesses are being treated differently than large businesses, among other allegations of misconduct by federal inspectors. 

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