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• Grace proposes Libby medical trust

  February 5, 2012 in Region on Page B7 KALISPELL, Mont. – A proposed settlement in the W.R. Grace and Co. bankruptcy case would pay $19.5 million into a trust for people sickened by asbestos exposure from the company’s …

• Judge OKs $43 million for Libby asbestos victims

  September 16, 2011 in Idaho, Region A state judge has approved a $43 million settlement for more than 1,000 asbestos victims who said the state failed to warn Libby residents about the dangers of a nearby … 7

• Libby clinic receives $10 million grant for screenings

  June 28, 2011 in Nation/World, Region U.S. Sen. Max Baucus says a clinic in Libby, Mont., has secured a $10 million, four-year federal grant to screen people for asbestos-related disease. 1

• Lawmakers pressure EPA on Montana town’s cleanup

  July 6, 2010 in City on Page A6 BILLINGS – Montana’s congressional delegation is seeking assurances from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the government will not leave the asbestos-contaminated town of Libby before its cleanup is complete. … 1

• Study will track Libby graduates’ health

  June 5, 2010 in City on Page B1 Researchers have embarked on an ambitious study to track the health of thousands of high school graduates over a half century in a Montana town where a toxic mine has …

• Libby official alleges EPA fraud

  November 13, 2009 in City on Page A9 BILLINGS – A city councilman in Libby said Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency owes the asbestos-plagued Superfund community $2 million for the demolition of several contaminated buildings. The city-owned …

• Five-year study launched on Libby asbestos impacts

  November 2, 2009 in Region Medical researchers have started a five-year investigation into the long-term health effects of human exposure to asbestos-tainted vermiculite ore in Libby, Mont.

• EPA studying dangers near old Zonolite factory

  October 1, 2009 in Idaho on Page A8 Respirator-wearing technicians from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency were back testing for asbestos this week near W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane. During soil testing in June, the agency … 1

• EPA continues asbestos testing in West Central

  September 30, 2009 in City Additional asbestos testing is taking place today near W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane. EPA officials want to know if routine activities – such as shoveling dirt or raking … 1

• Editorial: Libby action slightly better late than never

  June 21, 2009 in Opinion on Page B8 If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to declare a public health emergency in Libby, Mont., sounds familiar, it’s because the feds were seemingly on the verge of doing that …

• Agency declares health emergency in polluted Libby

  June 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 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 …

• EPA declares health emergency in Libby

  June 17, 2009 WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency for the first time has declared a public health emergency in a contaminated community, targeting a Montana town Wednesday for immediate federal attention. 1

• In brief: Final Grace trial charges dropped

  June 16, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A7 MISSOULA – Federal prosecutors Monday moved to dismiss charges against the final defendant in the Libby asbestos trial, a month after a Montana jury acquitted several of his former co-workers. …

• Jury acquits Grace, executives in asbestos case

  May 8, 2009 in Region, Environmental quality W.R. Grace & Co. and three former executives were acquitted Friday of federal charges that they knowingly allowed Libby residents to be exposed to asbestos from the company’s vermiculite mine …

• Closing arguments begin in asbestos trial

  May 6, 2009 in Region Closing arguments in the W.R. Grace & Co. environmental crimes trial are under way in U.S. District Court in Missoula.

• Grace asbestos trial under way again

  April 29, 2009 in City on Page A11 MISSOULA – Testimony in the W.R. Grace environmental crimes trial resumed Tuesday after a federal judge refused to dismiss charges alleging the company and four former executives knowingly concealed health …

• Grace judge slams prosecutors

  April 28, 2009 in City on Page A7 MISSOULA – The federal judge considering motions to dismiss charges in the W.R. Grace asbestos case told prosecutors Monday that they “presented discombobulated allegations and you don’t understand the evidence …

• Judge to hear dismissal motion in Grace case

  April 27, 2009 in Region A federal judge in Missoula planned a hearing Monday on a motion to end the W.R. Grace trial, in which the company and five former executives are accused of knowingly …

• Grace judge excludes prosecutors’ exhibits

  April 24, 2009 in City on Page A6 MISSOULA – The judge in the environmental crimes trial of W.R. Grace and Co. has excluded all but seven of the 53 exhibits that prosecutors recently submitted as evidence. Columbia, …

• Defense: Gov’t witness had immunity agreement

  April 14, 2009 in Region Defense lawyers in the W.R. Grace & Co. trial allege a key government witness had an undisclosed immunity agreement with prosecutors and they want to know if other witnesses have …

• Grace tried to make products safe, witness says

  April 10, 2009 in City on Page A11 MISSOULA – Defense attorneys in the W.R. Grace & Co. criminal trial sought to emphasize Thursday in cross-examining a government witness that former Grace executives, through research and product testing, …

• Grace judge weighs disputed testimony

  April 9, 2009 in City on Page A6 MISSOULA – The federal judge in the W.R. Grace & Co. trial said Wednesday that a key government witness may have perjured himself. “He came as close as I would …

• Former employee helped delay asbestos studies

  March 25, 2009 in Region A former W.R. Grace & Co. executive has testified that he helped the company delay a federal health study of the Libby vermiculite mine.

• Former Grace chemist: Tremolite sickened hamsters

  March 18, 2009 in Region A former chemist for W.R. Grace & Co. says he oversaw a 1976 study in which hamsters were injected with asbestos-laced vermiculite from Libby. 1

• W.R. Grace tested vermiculite on hamsters, chemist testifies

  March 18, 2009 in City on Page A10 MISSOULA – A former chemist for W.R. Grace & Co. told jurors Tuesday that he oversaw a 1976 study in which hamsters were injected with asbestos-laced vermiculite from Libby. Over …

• Ex-Grace chemist: tremolite sickened hamsters

  March 17, 2009 in Region MISSOULA — A former chemist for W.R. Grace & Co. told jurors Tuesday that he oversaw a 1976 study in which hamsters were injected with asbestos-laced vermiculite from Libby.

• Grace trial delayed by juror’s illness

  March 9, 2009 in Region A juror’s illness delayed the W.R. Grace & Co. environmental crimes trial Monday but with the jury absent, defense lawyers sought to exclude the expert testimony of another government witness.

• Woman testifies against Grace

  March 6, 2009 in City on Page A8 MISSOULA – A woman who purchased property from a defunct vermiculite mine in Libby says she received a copy of a letter written by the mine manager saying he knew …

• Defense in Grace trial questions EPA official

  March 4, 2009 in Region Questioning of a federal official prominent in the government’s response to asbestos contamination in Libby continued Tuesday at a trial on allegations that W.R. Grace & Co., and five of …

• Witnesses waive right to observe Grace trial

  March 3, 2009 in City on Page A7 HELENA – Government witnesses who are victims of asbestos exposure have waived their right to observe the W.R. Grace & Co. environmental crimes trial in Missoula. On Friday, the 9th …

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