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Evening Newscast 07-12-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

Campaign records show Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale used excess donations from deep-pocketed GOP donors this spring to pay himself back for personal loans from his failed 2014 congressional run.

A man who fired shots at authorities near Bozeman yesterday has been arrested.

Fire potential is expected to increase Friday in parts of North Central and Southwest Montana, with temperatures reaching into the upper 90s.

The head of the state health department says child protection workers in Billings are facing "crisis level caseloads" leading the Division of Child and Family Services to decide to close its Livingston office and move that office's caseworker jobs to Billings.

Authorities say a 5-month-old infant has been released from the hospital after police found the baby buried under sticks and debris for about nine hours in the woods south of Missoula.

Democratic U.S. House candidate Kathleen Williams says she received a fundraising boost after her primary win, raising $480,000 from the June 5 election through the end of the

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