Montana articles
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Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands
A federal jury says Warren Buffett's BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened
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Jury: BNSF Railway contributed to 2 deaths in Montana town where asbestos sickened thousands
A federal jury on Monday said BNSF Railway contributed to the deaths of two people who were exposed to asbestos decades ago when tainted mining material was shipped through a Montana town where thousands have been sickened.
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Letters to the Editor: Montana coal funded my idyllic childhood. Now, I worry about how much harm it caused
To the editor: Generations of children growing up in Colstrip, Mt., benefit from the "32 public parks and a gorgeous community center, complete with child care, gym, spin classes, tanning booth and water slide," as columnist Sammy Roth writes. ("Red state coal towns still power the West Coast. We can’t just let them die," column, April 16) Similarly, I grew up in a comfortable home in Billings, Mt., in the 1950s and '60s. My mother worked for Montana Power Co. demonstrating new electric...