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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A northeastern Montana man has received a $50,000 settlement...

BNSF Railway is liable for spreading asbestos in the dust that blew off its cars while hauling vermiculite. The railroad is suing the local clinic that opened to deal with

View Comments Patricia Denny and her husband, Jeff, had hoped to one day get an RV and travel the country. Instead, Jeff has been forced into retirement at age 54 by a lung disease caused by the asbestos that’s polluted the small town of Libby, Montana, for decades. Jeff Denny’s lungs are damaged from the asbestos he breathed while participating in an Environmental Protection Agency-run cleanup of the asbestos contamination caused by the vermiculite mine that closed 30 years ago in this community in the Cabinet Mountains. Patricia Denny is afraid she will get asbestos-related disease as w...

In poisoned Montana town, Warren Buffett-owned railroad accuses clinic of Medicare fraud Patricia Denny and her husband, Jeff, had hoped to one day get an RV and travel the country. Instead, Jeff has been forced into retirement at age 54 by a lung disease caused by the asbestos that's polluted the small town of Libby, Montana, for decades. Jeff Denny's lungs are damaged from the asbestos he breathed while participating in an Environmental Protection Agency-run cleanup of the asbestos contamination caused by the vermiculite mine that closed 30 years ago in this community in the Cabinet Mountai...

ROB CHANEY A battle between youth and government over climate change could be won before one of two courts: law or public opinion. At the moment, it appears the documentary “Youth v Gov” will reach movie screens before Juliana v. United States gets a date before a jury. The film by Bozeman-based director Christi Cooper landed the centerpiece designation at next week’s Big Sky Documentary Film Festival. But last week, the court case it’s based on got rejected by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals — clearing the way for a possible hearing before the...