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• Pollutants found in remote lakes, rivers

  May 19, 2012 in Idaho on Page A1 Scientists consider Sullivan Lake’s waters relatively pristine. The 1,300-acre mountain lake in northeast Washington is home to a thriving kokanee salmon run. Along with confirmed sightings of grizzlies, wolves and … 7

• Kaiser unveils $16 million cleanup plan

  January 25, 2012 in Idaho on Page A5 Kaiser Trentwood’s plant along the Spokane River has a long, illustrative history. Built to produce aluminum for military planes during World War II, the factory later became a steady source … 7

• PCBs still found in products — and river

  August 16, 2011 in Idaho on Page A1 Yesterday’s news becomes tomorrow’s broadsheet at Inland Empire Paper Co., where the newsprint rolling off the paper machine contains 40 percent recycled fiber content. But there’s a dirty little downside … 24

• Groups say river cleanup is flawed

  July 19, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 Two environmental groups are threatening to sue the federal government over what they say are flaws in a long-awaited Spokane River cleanup plan. The Sierra Club and the Center for … 1

• Editorial: Treatment plant delay won’t help environment

  June 12, 2011 in Opinion on Page B8 Spokane County’s $173 million sewage treatment plant is ready to be tested. Conceivably it could be operating by year’s end and making an immediate reduction in the amount of PCBs …

• Tribe’s river PCB complaint jeopardizes treatment plant

  June 7, 2011 in City on Page A1 A permit that was to have been issued last week for Spokane County’s new $173 million sewage treatment plant is on hold. State and federal environmental regulators are to meet … 50

• City pays $300,000 to settle PCB claim

  April 19, 2011 in City on Page A7 Spokane’s wastewater department will spend more than $300,000 to settle a claim alleging that dangerous chemicals were released into the Spokane River through city storm drains. Most of the money … 4

• Investigators seek source of PCBs in Spokane River

  June 14, 2010 Industry has flourished along the banks of the Spokane River for more than a century. So, perhaps it’s no surprise that high levels of PCBs show up in rainbow trout … 3

• Blue Tee to pay for mine site cleanup

  March 9, 2010 in City on Page A5 Blue Tee Corp. will pay $1.36 million to clean up a mining Superfund site in Stevens County. The company operated a mine and milling facility near the community of Leadpoint …

• Group says it will sue city over river PCBs

  December 2, 2009 in Idaho on Page A5 Spokane’s antiquated sewer system is pumping polychlorinated byphenyls, or PCBs, into the Spokane River, contaminating the river’s fish and violating the federal Clean Water Act, the Center for Justice said … 1

• Cleanup begins at City Parcel site

  June 5, 2009 Workers this week began cleaning up contamination at the former City Parcel site in North Spokane, part of a major remediation project expected to cost roughly $750,000. A contractor first …

• Pollution pipeline

  August 18, 2008 in Idaho on Page A1 LIBERTY LAKE – Arianne Fernandez donned elbow-length rubber gloves, a plastic apron and a splash-protection face mask before lowering a collection jar into a manhole. The cloudy water she brought …