When your hometown disappears, there’s no going back. That was the case for residents of Cassiar, a close-knit community ...

Although more than a dozen asbestos mines operated in Eastern Canada, Cassiar was one of just two in the West — the other ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Blowing dust is a major concern for neighbors in Las Vegas. The cleanup of the old Three Kids Mine and the asbestos and toxic metals there is well underway. After years of ...

State officials warn that harmful mine material may have been released during the catastrophic floods that washed through ...

Dozens of feet of tubing connect Gayla Benefield to her oxygen machine so she can walk from room to room inside her home on the picturesque Kootenai River, surrounded by the Cabinet Mountains. Like ...

HELENA — Federal mine safety regulators fell short over the years in ensuring worker safety at a vermiculite mine in Libby, but probably couldn't have done much more to prevent asbestos-related deaths ...

Asbestos is a group of naturally occurring minerals resistant to fire and water, and is commonly found in older buildings and ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a court ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Montanans are well aware of the asbestos disaster caused by the vermiculite mine in Libby that ...

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened.... Near old Montana mine, special clinic for ...