Troy News

Libby, Montana population 2,626 and dropping. Libby is largely supported by the use of natural resources of logging and mining.

The Environmental Protection Agency declared its first ever public health emergency yesterday in a Montana community where residents were poisoned by asbestos from a nearby mine, the Associated Press reports .

The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday declared its first-ever "public health emergency," asbestos contamination near Libby and Troy, Mont., northwestern mining towns, the Associated Press reports.

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Wednesday it will pump more than $130 million into a Montana town where asbestos contamination has been blamed for more than 200 deaths.

EPA Announces Public Health Emergency in Libby, Montana; EPA to Move Aggressively on Cleanup and HHS to Assist Area Residents with Medical Care Release date: 06/17/2009 WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today announced the agency has determined that a public health emergency exists at the Libby asbestos ...

A Troy woman dies in a head on crash near Libby after the pickup truck she was in ran a stop sign.

TROY, Mont. a ' With metals prices improving, management at Troy Mine has allowed warnings of a possible shutdown to expire.

SPOKANE VALLEY, WA, April 15 /CNW Telbec/ - Revett Minerals Inc., is pleased to announce the appointment of Tim Lindsey as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Here is the latest Montana news from The Associated Press HELENA, Mont. Lawmakers heading into tense negotiations over spending plans for the main state budget and federal stimulus money have a little more money to play with.

A press release issued by the U.S. Marshal's office reports that, on January 26, 2009, William Newhoff and Donald Schwindt were arrested on the outskirts of Troy, Montana.

A surprise donation brought extra money to Lincoln County libraries. Roger Barenz presented a $20,000 gift in mid-December - $10,000 to the Lincoln County Library in Libby and $5,000 each to the Libby and Troy ...

Workers at the Troy Mine received a verbal 60-day notice on Thursday that the mine could shut down temporarily because of low prices for copper and silver.

TROY, Mont. - Miners at Revett Minerals' copper and silver operation here have taken a 10 percent wage cut, and managers have agreed to a 20 percent salary reduction because of global economic pressures that ...