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Evening Newscast 05-13-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

Secretary of State Linda McCulloch says counties were putting more than 230,000 absentee ballots for the June primary into the mail today.

A federal judge has halted a salvage logging project in northern Idaho at the request of two environmental groups that say it violates the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

Several hundred Montana republican party members are gathering in Billings starting tonight to select the state’s delegation for the National GOP Convention, in July.

The Bernie Sanders campaign in Montana today called on grassroots groups of supporters to unify into a single, statewide organization.

A Great Falls woman has pleaded not guilty to a felony criminal endangerment charge filed after the death of her 10-month-old daughter. Misty Cutburth entered her plea yesterday.

A Butte man who pleaded guilty to felony animal cruelty in cat hoarding case got a two-year suspended sentence.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to reopen a northern Idaho road in designated grizzly bear habitat near the Canadian border. The federal agency says it’s needed for national security.

The Montana Department of Revenue is defending its exclusion of religious schools from the state's School Choice program.

Something’s brewing in the Pacific Ocean that could significantly affect Montana later this year.

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