Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Idaho’s Silver Valley may have long-term Superfund label

  February 15, 2012 in City The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to scale back cleanup work in the Silver Valley comes with a catch: At the end of 30 years, the upper Coeur d’Alene River … 1

• Meyer to oversee mine cleanup

  November 14, 2010 in City on Page B7 A $447 million trust established to pay for Superfund cleanup in the Coeur d’Alene River basin has hired its first full-time employee. Dan Meyer will start work Jan. 1. He …

• Moon Creek project could be model for CdA basin cleanup

  September 10, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Moon Creek’s east fork was once a nasty little stream. As it flowed past Israel Provo’s pasture, the orange-tinted water left rusty stains on the rocks. As a kid, Provo … 3

• Residents fear cleanup will hinder Silver Valley economy

  August 10, 2010 in City on Page A1 KELLOGG – Too far-reaching, too costly. Another knock for the Silver Valley. That was the consensus of public testimony Monday evening at a town hall meeting on the U.S. Environmental … 10

• Residents, officials knock Silver Valley mine cleanup plan

  August 9, 2010 Too far-reaching, too costly. Another knock for the Silver Valley. That was the consensus of public testimony Monday evening at a town hall meeting on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s … 1

• EPA plans next stage of Superfund cleanup

  June 16, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 The silver and lead mines that once flourished in Burke Canyon are a distant memory, but a negative aspect of their legacy lives on in the metals that wash down …