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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

Police make 39 arrests in Butte area over weekend and St. Patrick's Day

Police and state troopers made 39 arrests in Butte-Silver Bow County from Friday through the St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Butte on Monday, more than half of them for DUIs, Sheriff Ed Lester said Tuesday. There were 24 DUI arrests alone and even though a few involved accidents,

Butte High School levy fails by nine votes in recount

Three separate votes, three different results. A proposed property tax levy for Butte High School tied on election night May 7, passed by three votes when provisional ballots were counted six days later, and on Friday, failed by nine votes in a formal recount. Three trustees for the Butte School

Wealth and waste

Museum of the Rockies hosted its final Extreme History lecture of the year on Thursday, Nov. 15. Jennifer Dunn, a Ph.D. candidate at MSU, took her place at the podium on a dark and cloudy evening. Her lecture focused on the history of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund