Montana’s highest court upheld the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation permit for the Black Butte Copper Mine. Now the project can proceed as planned. Montana Trout Unlimited, one of the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. MISSOULA — It would dwarf the Berkeley Pit: A hole blasted and dug into the Alaskan landscape ...

Payday came this week for Tim Shields, Dan Mueller, Tyke Galle and Jesse Cleverly. Perched on the dirt plateau at Montana Resources, the men took a break from repairing machinery to look over their ...

BUTTE -A 9-and-a-half-acre property located on the north end of the Butte Plaza Mall has been purchased by the regional ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Earlier this month, mining company Montana Resources discovered that a fire hydrant hooked up to ...

It's been an incredible year for sports enthusiasts in the Mining City, with records being smashed and championships claimed.

It would dwarf the Berkeley Pit: A hole blasted and dug into the Alaskan landscape about a half-mile deep and 2.5 miles across. What could go wrong in the pursuit of what's touted as the largest known ...

BUTTE (AP) Montana Resources is asking its former president to evaluate the economic feasibility of reopening its copper mine after a nearly three-year shutdown. "Current market prices for metals and ...

Grupo Mexico is no longer a partner in Montana Resources, and the Butte mine is now the property of Montana Resources Inc. and MR Holdings, both owned by Missoula industrialist Dennis Washington. In ...

From 1845 to 1849, black rot would cover acres upon acres of Irish farmland that was once rich in potato crops. Referred to as the Great Potato Famine, nearly one million Irish men, women and children ...

An update from Atlantic Richfield about potential repositories for Superfund wastes rejects the Berkeley Pit, for now, along ...

Anyone who claims to be an expert on everything there is to know about Butte hasn't met George Everett. As executive director of Mainstreet Uptown Butte, part of Everett's job is to be an expert on ...