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A vegetation fire burning in the Feather Falls area in Butte County has prompted an evacuation warning on Thursday afternoon.
In operation for more than 100 years, miners lowered down the Steward shaft must have continuously felt the need to fan ...
This week — if the government shutdown doesn't get in the way — the Environmental Protection Agency will announce the next chapter for the Butte Hill. After 34 years, the ...
Butte is as authentic and charming an Old West mining town as you'll find. It's also the Love Canal of the Rockies. Even with that undeniable reality, hope springs eternal. By Jim Robbins ...
The pens are down, after 13 years, on the Butte Hill’s consent decree negotiations, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. But how soon the public will be able to view the document is ...
After 12 years of secret talks on the Butte Hill Superfund cleanup, U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon opened the door a crack Tuesday. Acting on a joint motion from the Environmental Protection ...
BUTTE, Mont. — A project to remove a huge pile of toxic mining and smelting waste buried under Butte Hill is underway. Gov. Steve Bullock and several state officials and community leaders ...
Work is starting on the flats by the interstate and will slowly make its way up the Butte hill. This is being funded by TDS, and the hope is for nearly all of the city of Butte to be able to ...
BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it has reached an agreement that could conclude the cleanup of mining waste in Butte and remove the area from the Superfund ...
Butte Hill Road resident Sondra Stevenson has been organizing public meetings since last fall to bring to light what she views as the detrimental effects of the development.
According to Cal Fire, the wildfire is burning south of Oroville near Apache Hill Road and Crestmont Avenue by the community of Palermo.