Smurfit-Stone Container

How toxic are the grounds of a former pulp mill along the Clark Fork River? It’s a question with an answer more than a decade in the making, and one that will determine how the site’s hundreds of acres of unlined waste ponds are cleaned up.

State wildlife officials and Missoula water quality advocates say the federal government isn’t doing its job monitoring for potential toxic waste at a now defunct pulp mill. The regional head of the EPA traveled to Missoula recently to hear the concerns.

The ongoing partial government shutdown has scuttled an upcoming meeting between Missoula County and the Environmental Protection Agency.That meeting was…

This spring Missoula celebrated the 10th anniversary of the removal of the Milltown Dam on the Clark Fork river east of town. Now, some people are saying…

The Clark Fork River at Missoula has reached major flood stage at 13 feet. This is exacerbating longstanding concerns over environmental contamination at…

Representatives of state and federal environmental agencies will give an update on the polluted Smurfit-Stone mill near Frenchtown Tuesday, June 20 at…

The EPA gave an update Tuesday on their ongoing investigation of pollution levels at the now-defunct Smurfit-Stone pulp and paper mill just west of…

People concerned about the contaminated Smurfit-Stone paper mill site west of Missoula are meeting tonight in Frenchtown at 6:00 p.m. They're considering…

The Environmental Protection Agency begins a comprehensive investigation on Monday into the extent of contamination at a former Frenchtown paper-mill.The…

It will take more time before we learn about potential cleanup options at a former paper mill in Frenchtown.Today was the Environmental Protection…