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Evening Newscast 07-20-18

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

A fire near the former vermiculite mine and a section of asbestos-contaminated forest outside Libby is drawing a quick response from crews working to control it.

Missoula County officials are investigating after a body was found in the Clark Fork River in Missoula.

The group that proposed a ballot initiative asking voters to regulate who can use a public bathroom based on a person’s sex at birth acknowledged today that they failed to get enough support to move forward.

The Reynolds Lake fire on the Bitterroot National Forest didn’t grow yesterday.

Montana's commissioner of political practices says the Green Party violated campaign laws by failing to report the cost of signatures gathered by a political consultant to put the party on the ballot.

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