Evening Newscast 06-01-17

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Montana Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

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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