Officials in Lincoln County are asking the Montana Department of Environmental Quality to ease its standard for selenium ...

Lincoln County officials are pressing state regulators to rethink selenium standards in Lake Koocanusa, fearing stricter ...

Lincoln County officials are asking state regulators to adopt a less restrictive pollution rule for selenium in Lake ...

The board of commissioners in Lincoln County has petitioned the Montana Department of Environmental Quality for a more ...

On Dec. 9, the board voted 5-2 to send a letter, largely drafted by Teck Coal, asking the EPA to toss out the Lake Koocanusa 0.8 microgram-per-liter selenium standard.

Jul. 19—Lincoln County authorities are searching for a man who reportedly jumped off a cliff into Lake Koocanusa and failed to resurface on Monday evening. Johnathan Orr, 47, was last seen ...

DEQ backs up selenium study on Lake Koocanusa, Teck objects "I think we've heard from one scientist. Most of it has been legal, most of it has been lobbying." ...

Mar. 18—If recent data from peamouth chub and other fish hold valid insight — and at least, biologists in Montana believe they do — selenium levels at Lake Koocanusa reach as high as 250% of ...

LIBBY, Mont. — The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office located the body of a missing man in Lake Koocanusa Wednesday afternoon. The body was identified as 47-year-old Johnathan Orr.

A missing Lincoln County man was found dead in Lake Koocanusa on Wednesday evening. Lincoln County Sheriff Darren Short said a swimmer spotted the body of 47-year-old Johnathan Orr at about 5:30 p ...

The Sheriff’s Office report indicates that deputies were dispatched Sunday at 4:52 p.m., to a report of a vehicle in the water at Koocanusa Marina north of Libby.

It’s not the first time the Lincoln County Commission has sought this change. In 2021, the commission submitted a similar petition challenging the current DEQ standard of accept ...