Ex-political reporter named to historical society

HELENA (AP) — Gov. Steve Bullock has appointed former Montana political reporter Charles Johnson to the state Historical Society Board of Trustees.

Bullock announced the appointment of Johnson and Blaine County Museum executive director Jude Sheppard of Chinook as trustees on Friday.

Johnson retired earlier this year as Lee Newspapers' Montana statehouse bureau chief. He was a journalist for more than 40 years, and covered the 1972 state constitutional convention for The Associated Press.

The trustees oversee the Montana Historical Society, which keeps the state archives and is the repository for state agency records. It also runs Montana's Museum and the Original Governor's Mansion.