BUTTE -- The area surrounding the Berkeley Pit — a man-made lake of toxic water in Butte that would likely kill a human or animal that drank from it — is teeming with life.

BUTTE -- Montana Resources officials say they won't have a final tally of snow geese that perished last week in the contaminated Berkeley Pit water until mid-week at the earliest.

Sister Mary Jo McDonald, who has been a vocal critic of Butte’s Superfund cleanup, said she is “very pleased” with the ahead-of-schedule pumping and treating for the Berkeley Pit.

The Berkeley Pit with the Bell-Diamond Headframe in the distance is pictured in April 2015. The $1.3 trillion omnibus bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump returns ...

The 2015 Butte-Silver Bow Community Health Profile relays that Butte-Silver Bow saw 569 incidences of cancer from 2011 through 2013, for a rate (per 100,000) of 430.3.

Berkeley Pit holds more than 30 billion gallons of water laced with copper, cadmium, zinc and other metals. It is nearly 900 feet deep, and the level rises about a foot each month.

By the time the shovels fell silent for good in the Berkeley Pit in June 1983, ARCO had laid off 1,300 workers in Butte. This blow came on top of ARCO shutting down the Anaconda smelter in 1980.

FILE - The Coffin Butte landfill is permitted to accept 1.1 million tons of waste each year. Nathan Wilk / KLCC The bill could have done more. When first drafted, it applied to all landfills in ...

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Gov. Newsom’s national address criticizing President Trump’s response to immigration protests. Also, the legality of federal militarization on U.S. soil. Plus, the state of Sacramento’s ...

“No Kings” rallies across Sacramento and surrounding counties. Also, the California Legislature passed a $325 billion budget, but faces challenges as it heads to Gov. Newsom’s desk. Finally ...