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Evening Newscast 05-09-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

The Missoula County Attorney says her predecessor may have improperly removed a box from what’s supposed to be a secure file storage area.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today denied the permit for the Gateway Pacific terminal in Washington state. That's bad news for the Crow Tribe, which was hoping the port would allow them to open a new mine on the reservation and ship tens of millions of dollars worth of coal overseas.

A nonprofit organization says Montana's campaign finance laws are so vague and broad that the state regulator can enforce them against groups he dislikes, while ignoring similar allegations against groups he does not.

Montana’s primary election is just over a month away and today (MON 5/9), marked the deadline for voter registration.

President Barack Obama has signed into law a resolution that makes the bison the official national mammal.

Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders will hold rallies in Missoula and Billings on Wednesday.

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