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Duncan Adams

In the wilds of the Anaconda Range, experts say elusive gunman has advantage over searchers

ANACONDA – Plenty of places to hide in this breathtaking and rugged country. That’s the consensus of two Anaconda natives and veteran outdoorsmen familiar with the territory within the Garrity Mountain Wildlife Management Area west of Anaconda and adjacent Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest. Much of the search for suspected killer

Watchdogs chafe at snail's pace EPA review of Butte lead level comments

The warm, fuzzy feelings survived about as long as a parched snow goose in the Berkeley Pit. The Environmental Protection Agency announced in October a proposal to drop the cleanup level for lead in residential soils and interior dust from the long controversial 1,200 parts per million to just

Emergency forest project aims to protect Butte's drinking water

The lingering stacks of jackstrawed deadfall beyond the project’s current boundaries provide a hair-raising glimpse of the catastrophe that could have been and could still be. Mountain pine beetles decimated lodgepole pines in the vicinity of Basin Creek Reservoir in the early 2000s. Today, skeletal trees remain standing.

Bodacious bodega-to-be: Partnership saving Walkerville building, envisions corner grocery

Not renovation. Not restoration. “Rodney calls this project a ‘resurrection,’” said Clark Grant, a partner with Daniel Hogan in ClarDan LLC. Rodney is Rodney Norman. A jack-of-all-trades, Norman has played a key role in saving a long-abandoned, weather-battered historic building in Walkerville that seemed destined

'Good Morning America' makes surprise visit to Pekin Noodle Parlor

Jerry Tam appeared to be more flummoxed than surprised when a crew from TV’s “Good Morning America” burst in Wednesday morning to the historic Pekin Noodle Parlor in Uptown Butte. The ABC News crew, led by Gio Benitez, spotlighted the restaurant as part of the national show’s “Up

DEQ approves exploration license for Blackjack project in Butte

DEQ approves exploration license for Blackjack project in Butte

Underground mining exploration moved closer this week to returning to Butte. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality has approved Butte Blackjack Operating LLC’s application for an exploration license. On Monday, DEQ issued a final environmental assessment for the proposed exploration near Walkerville. The agency announced Wednesday it had approved