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Walkerville couple has spirited plans for historic Salvation Army building

The vigorous and varied sinning in Uptown Butte summoned The Salvation Army to the Mining City in 1888. The charitable organization came to rambunctious Butte to fight for the lost souls of men and women. History suggests some subset of thieves, prostitutes, drunkards and gamblers found a path out of

Repo plan: Berkeley Pit gets the snub, for now, to accepting Superfund wastes

Josh Bryson of Atlantic Richfield said in March 2024 that preliminary analysis of the Berkeley Pit suggested the contaminated lake was shaping up as a preferred option to accept Superfund wastes from sites in the Silver Bow Creek Corridor. Not anymore. At least not for now. “The need for continued

Forty years later, Our Lady of the Rockies still a symbol of Butte pride, resilience

Turning 40 is considered a milestone birthday, with “Lordy, Lordy, look who’s 40” the usual celebratory catchphrase. Our Lady of the Rockies has reached that momentous date. Forty years ago today, a dream became a reality and the 90-foot statue representing the Madonna, mother of Jesus, finally stood

Windstorm hammers Butte: Forecasters say worst is over; power outages, damage persists

Updated at 6:15 p.m. Butte-Silver Bow Sheriff Ed Lester said the “High Wind Warning” for the area remains in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday. He said the Emergency Travel Advisory for the City of Butte will be rescinded at 9 p.m. Wednesday, “at which time

County, Sabey provide more details about proposed data center in Butte

Butte-Silver Bow officials and a major data center company addressed numerous questions and concerns this week that citizens and watchdog groups raised over proposed data centers in Butte. It’s too soon to tell if the answers quell anxieties and potential opposition to a proposed Sabey Data Centers facility

EPA's directive for lead in soils described in Butte as 'troubling' and 'hogwash'

The EPA announced Monday a new national directive for addressing lead contamination in residential soils — long a hot topic in Butte-Silver Bow County because of Superfund cleanup of pollution from historic mining and smelting. J.P. Gallagher, chief executive officer of Butte-Silver Bow, described being deeply troubled by

Evidence points to secret second location plans by data center company eying Butte

There is a little bit of evidence, but no absolute certainty, that a data center company is actually planning two separate huge data centers in Montana but only publicly releasing plans for one. Sabey Data Centers, a company that operates seven massive data centers across the United States, signed a