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Evening Newscast 06-20-19

Montana Public Radio Evening Newscast
Josh Burnham

An audit found Montana's Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education overspent on lodging, travel and meals, including hotel rooms for members of the Board of Regents and staff before the previous two Cat-Griz football games.

Authorities say a film producer from Massachusetts accidentally drowned while scuba diving in Canyon Ferry reservoir during a video shoot for a prospective U.S. Senate candidate.

Wildlife officials in Idaho are urging black bear hunters to choose their targets with care after a protected grizzly bear was spotted in north-central Idaho for the first time in a decade.

Law enforcement spent an estimated $39,500 on Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Montana last week.

A U.S. House committee advanced a bill to permanently and fully fund the Land and Water Conservation Fund yesterday.

AT&T has started dropping cellphone customers in northeastern Montana, citing customers' regular data use outside its service area.

A former general manager of Helena's KTVH television station has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks issued an emergency regulation today, requiring anglers to turn in any northern pike caught in Lake Mary Ronan.

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