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Evening Newscast 06-01-17

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening Newscast

Montana Governor Steve Bullock describes President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord as “short sighted and dangerous.”

A search is underway for a man who reportedly fell into a stretch of turbulent water below a dam in northwest Montana yesterday.

A federal judge has overturned government agency approvals to develop a copper and silver mine in a Montana wilderness area, saying the decisions violated laws meant to protect threatened grizzly bears, bull trout and their habitat.

The president of Carroll College is leaving to take a new position in Texas. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue was in Great Falls today for an “agriculture summit” hosted by Senator Steve Daines; Perdue promised big changes at the U.S. Forest Service, which his department oversees.

A second ride-sharing company is hoping to set up shop in Montana.

State and federal wildlife officials are investigating the shooting death of a male grizzly bear west of Whitefish.

 

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