John Emeigh

A century-old building in the heart of Uptown, Butte has been nothing but a boarded-up shell for years. Butte’s Urban Revitalization Authority has granted $300,000 for a project that’s estimated at more than $8 million.

A new company opening in Butte that creates small, factory-built homes hopes to be part of the solution to Montana’s growing affordable housing problem.

Butte is continuing talks with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems for a potential project that would convert the toxic water from the Berkeley Pit into hydrogen to power the city of Los Angeles.

Butte’s Clark Chateau was one of the settings for a short historical film about Chief Tendoy and the Shoshone Indians. A local Butte actor was grateful to be part of the project.

A major change to the ordinance requires owners to better mothball their vacant structures by repairing any leaks, neatly boarding up windows and improve the general appearance of the building.

Some people are taking aim at Montana's COVID-19 policies they claim have gone too far - even to the point of violating their constitutional rights. Some Deer Lodge business owners are worried about the small town’s economic future.

It’s been a long time in the making, but Anaconda has reached a deal with the Atlantic-Richfield Co. to clean a century’s worth of smelter contamination from the city.

The massive consent decree was revealed during a conference at the Finlen Hotel and will outline the cleanup and remediation work and eventually end Butte’s status as a Superfund site.

University Chancellor Les Cook selected Steve Gammon to take over as provost of the Butte school in the new year. Gammon has been the university's dean of letters, sciences and professional studies since 2018.

Officials with the Bert-Mooney Airport in Butte are confident they will have a second flight out of Butte in the new year. “We’re hoping, again, for the target of being June 2020 for this extra flight during the peak season,” said Assistant Airport Manager Jim Kambich.