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 ...

BUTTE, Mont. - Middle and high school students in Butte honored the 168 lives that were lost in the Granite Mountain Speculator Mine disaster on June 8, 1917. A memorial was held in the Orphan Girl ...

“Frank was a Butte guy from humble beginnings, and even though he tried his best to stay out of the mines, he ended up being one of the most influential and important miners in the long storied ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, Mont. – Paige Layne was several weeks into her new job as a security guard – standing watch outside the civic center in her hometown of Butte, Montana – when she found out exactly what it was ...

Preface: The Meaning and Making of Childhood in Butte, Montana -- Children of The Hill : Situating Children in Butte's History -- Mining Childhood -- Saving Children -- Child's Play -- School Days -- ...