Asbestos-containing vermiculite from the Grace mine was used as insulation in millions of houses across the U.S. In Libby, contaminated waste from the mine was unwittingly used by many residents as a ...

While many wait on U.S. District Court Judge Dana Christensen’s rulings on Libby’s shuttered asbestos clinic, new court filings indicate the July 2 sheriff’s sale will be put on hold. Due to state law ...

Mara Silvers Montana Free Press Oct 20, 2025 Oct 20, 2025 LIBBY — Long before she joined a major legal case for asbestos victims, Joyce Walder had a bold streak, according to her sister, Judith ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 11—State officials warn that harmful mine material may have been released during the catastrophic floods that washed through ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An asbestos screening clinic in a small Montana town where thousands have been sickened by toxic dust from a nearby mine has been abruptly shuttered by authorities following a ...

Montanans are well aware of the asbestos disaster caused by the vermiculite mine in Libby that turned the town into a Superfund site. Libby’s tremolite asbestos lurked in the shadows for decades until ...

Center for Asbestos Related Disease officials, aided by the federal government, are fighting back against railroad giant BNSF Railway’s effort to seize its assets and shutter operations. The Lincoln ...

HELENA — Libby s deadly experience with asbestos is being put to beneficial use in New York City, where rescue workers and residents are concerned about asbestos and other possible toxic fallout from ...

The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened.... Near old Montana mine, special clinic for ...

Dozens of feet of tubing connect Gayla Benefield to her oxygen machine so she can walk from room to room inside her home on the picturesque Kootenai River, surrounded by the Cabinet Mountains. Like ...

Anyone diagnosed with asbestos-related disease in Libby is automatically eligible under the ACA for Medicare, no matter what age they are. And perhaps most importantly, the healthcare law pays for a ...