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Evening Newscast 06-13-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
MTPR Evening Newscast

A Montana State Prison guard plans to plead guilty in a drug smuggling case.

Bozeman leaders are set to vote Monday night on whether they should split up Montana's largest high school.

Federal officials have struck a deal with Wyoming to buy a square mile of state land inside Grand Teton National Park for $46 million by the end of this year.

On Saturday, a tornado tore through Baker, the small town in eastern Montana.

Candlelight vigils were held around Montana Sunday evening in honor of the victims of the Orlando shooting.

Officials say no damage has been reported following 4.3-magnitude earthquake Monday morning in a lightly populated area in western Montana just north of the Idaho border.

State lawmakers are working on bills to allow funding for K-12 special education programs to keep up with inflation. One said the funding was “overlooked” last session.

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