Columbia Falls Aluminum Company

Federal environmental regulators have decided how they’ll clean up toxic soil at a former aluminum plant in Columbia Falls. One local group disagrees with the plan to contain contaminated waste on site.

Regulators plan public meetings on Columbia Falls Aluminum cleanup. Governor extends the window for veterans and low-income homeowners to apply for tax assistance. Land trust announces preservation of 122 acres east of the National Bison Range.

Montana legislators are urging Congress to help fund a program to extract rare earth minerals from the contaminated waters of Butte’s Berkeley Pit. The Environmental Quality Council is penning a letter asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to hold off on approving a clean-up plan for a superfund site in Columbia Falls.

U.S. environmental regulators said containing toxic waste at a former aluminum smelter in Columbia Falls remains the best plan to protect the environment and human health.

Flathead County and multiple citizen groups are asking federal environmental regulators to reconsider proposed cleanup plans for an aluminum plant Superfund site.

Columbia Falls residents are questioning a plan to clean up a former aluminum smelter. Residents say they want contaminants removed, not buried.

Federal environmental regulators are extending the public comment period on a plan to clean up a defunct aluminum plant in Columbia Falls.

A federal judge has ruled that a former owner of an aluminum smelter outside of Columbia Falls is partially responsible for the financial costs of cleaning up the hazardous waste at the site.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks hopes to buy nearly 800 acres of private forest lands along the Flathead River. The agency is holding a public meeting about the project on Aug. 26.

Federal environmental regulators have released a list of options to clean up the former Columbia Falls Aluminum Company superfund site in northwest…