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The Berkeley Pit's critical water level needs to be addressed now, members of the Butte Natural Resource Damage Council told a Montana Resources official Thursday.
A report by The New York Times revealed that efforts to extract these precious materials from a closed mining operation called the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana, may help increase ... with 50 billion ...
EPA announced in October a proposal to dramatically lower the action level for lead contamination in Butte soils and interior dust. Watchdogs celebrated that change but impatiently await action.
A small crew for the Comedy Central show spent two days in Butte recently for an upcoming segment on the Berkeley Pit as a tourist attraction. It should air sometime this week.
Without the pumps running, toxic groundwater began filling the mile-wide hole. Within months, what had been Montana’s pride became America’s most dangerous lake. Here’s the story, and how you can ...
For author Nicholas Triolo, everything is circular — even the house where he lives in Missoula, Montana.
The lineup has been released for Butte’s popular Music on Main summer music series.
The family of former U.S. Rep. John “Pat” Williams of Montana announced Williams died Wednesday at the age of 87. Williams was the longest serving congressman in Montana history. (Photo ...
Near old Montana mine, special clinic for asbestos-related illness fights to survive The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment.
A Bozeman man who has struggled to gain permits to mine more than 1,000 acres in the Little Rocky Mountains of north-central Montana is offering to sell his acreage for ...
POWELL -- The director of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality says he will meet with local officials in Wyoming next month to discuss plans to haul mine tailings over ...
EPA's ruling won't stop construction of the Hermosa Mine, which began last fall near Patagonia in Southern Arizona.