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Evening Newscast 10-06-16

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Evening News

The head of the Montana Department of Corrections defended his agency today after state auditors told a legislative committee that the department broke the law by housing adults at youth correctional facilities.

The Montana governor's race has generated more broadcast television ads than all but one of the 12 states with gubernatorial elections this year.

State School Superintendent Denise Juneau was asked during last night’s debate what she would do to protect the rights of LBGT individuals.

State fisheries managers want to stop stocking Hebgen Lake with hatchery raised rainbow trout.

U.S. officials have approved a 117 million-ton expansion of a Montana coal mine after concluding that burning the fuel would have a minor impact on the nation's overall greenhouse gas emissions.

The credit rating and software analytics company FICO plans to expand its Bozeman office.

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