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Duncan Adams

Yo-Yo-type carnival ride investigated after Butte incident Sunday has spotty safety record

One manufacturer’s attempt to provide reassurance about the carnival ride’s safety apparently collided with a language barrier. “Like other tower rides, a Yo-Yo ride is not dangerous unless the operators and riders follow the safety precautions,” declared Sinorides, a China-based manufacturer of Yo-Yo and other

Anaconda grieves loss of community's treasured twice-weekly newspaper

The community of Anaconda-Deer Lodge County grieved Monday after learning its steadfast twice-weekly newspaper had abruptly closed after more than five decades. A sign on the Main Street door of The Anaconda Leader announced the shuttering. “We deeply regret to inform our customers and readers that The Anaconda

EPA proposes lowering trigger for Butte lead cleanup, expanding work

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday morning released details about a long-awaited proposal to significantly lower the lead cleanup level for residential soils and interior dust in Butte. As envisioned, the cleanup level would drop from 1,200 parts per million to 456 ppm. In addition, EPA

Sabey nixes buy-sell agreement with Butte-Silver Bow, but still hunting for data center site

Sabey Data Centers terminated the company’s buy-sell agreement with Butte-Silver Bow County on May 13 but hasn’t forsaken the region as a potential site to build a data center. “Sabey is still looking in southwest Montana, including Silver Bow,” said J.P. Gallagher, chief executive of

EPA promises update on Butte lead action level by June 1

Cyrus Western promised in January that EPA would announce by June 1 a new action level for lead contamination of residential soils and interior dust in Butte. On Monday, Mackenzie Meter, a regional EPA spokeswoman, said, "Yes, we are still on track to release a proposed new residential lead

'Whac-A-Mole': Regional cops brief Gianforte about drugs and crime in southwest Montana

Montana’s cultural heritage includes the mule-headed stubbornness that motivated hazardous cross-country moves by many early European-American settlers and helped them survive. Similarly, barrooms served historically as both watering holes and key sources of social interaction in a wide, wild landscape. They still do. On Tuesday, Montana

Mother in Jefferson County admits to smothering 5-year-old son, records show

Mother in Jefferson County admits to smothering 5-year-old son, records show

Court records in Jefferson County report that Kathryn Lesal Garaas, 40, confessed to smothering her 5-year-old son on April 24 by using a plastic bag to cover the boy’s head. Around 1 p.m. that day, deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to the