Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• S-R honored for series on mine, tribe

  May 20, 2012 in City on Page B2 A two-day Spokesman-Review series of stories and photos about uranium mine radiation and high cancer rates on the Spokane Indian Reservation was the best environmental reporting in a metro Northwest … 3

• Feds, Midnite Mine operators reach deal on cleanup

  October 1, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 The federal government has reached an agreement with one of the world’s largest mining companies on a $193 million cleanup of a defunct uranium mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation. … 4

• Chico Corral blames uranium industry for failing health

  June 6, 2011 in City on Page A1 Chico Corral couldn’t get away from the dust. After the daily blasting, yellow-brown grit hung in the air at the Midnite Mine, an open-pit uranium mine on the Spokane Indian … 51

• Spokane Tribe members worked gladly in uranium mines

  June 5, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 When there’s a funeral on the Spokane Indian Reservation, Harold Campbell puts on his grave-digging hat, collects his tools and heads to the cemetery. Over the past 30 years, the … 12

• Exposure risk limits food hunt

  June 5, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A10 After a prayer evoking “the Grandfather’s” blessing, four generations of the Spokane Tribe set off across a sagebrush-dotted pasture in search of white camas roots. Elders wore woven baskets strapped …

• Timeline: Uranium mining and Midnite Mine

  June 5, 2011 in City, Idaho A timeline of events surrounding uranium mining at Midnite Mine

• Midnite Mine still a threat

  June 26, 2009 in Idaho on Page A8 Members of the Spokane Tribe of Indians shouldn’t hunt, fish or gather medicinal plants near a defunct uranium mine on their reservation, according to a recent public health assessment. Radioactive …

• Feds: Keep visits to Midnite Mine short

  June 16, 2009 in City If you must visit the Midnite Mine site in Stevens County, don’t spend a lot of time there.

• Newmont Mining must pay

  July 16, 2008 in City on Page B1 An international mining corporation must share the cost of cleaning up an abandoned uranium mine on the Spokane Indian Reservation, a federal judge has ruled. Newmont Mining Corp. holds majority …