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Evening Newscast 05-16-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham
Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock is announcing he's been endorsed in the 2020 Democratic presidential race by Iowa's attorney general.

The Montana Supreme Court has ruled the state failed to make a reasonable effort to reunite a woman with the son who was taken away from her after he was born in Billings with methamphetamine in his system.

Federal officials say an effort to develop a better fire shelter following the deaths of 19 wildland firefighters in Arizona six years ago has failed.

The number of new elk in the Bitterroot valley has dropped due to lingering low-level snowpack and cold.

A federal judge has ruled a New York man will remain in custody in Montana pending his June 24 trial over charges that he lied to authorities about discussions he had about joining the Islamic state group and avenging shootings at two New Zealand mosques.

A 37-year-old Butte man has pleaded guilty to felony assault on a minor for fracturing his infant son's skull last May.

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