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• 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

• W. Central Spokane yards retested for asbestos

  July 1, 2009 in Idaho on Page A1 Yards near W.R. Grace’s former Zonolite factory in Spokane are being retested for asbestos with new technology that can detect the cancer-causing fibers at ever lower levels. For Kandi Smith, …

• 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

• Zonolite deadline draws near

  September 25, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 A deadline looms for people whose homes or businesses contain Zonolite Attic Insulation, a granular, gray-gold material tainted with shards of asbestos. Property owners have until Oct. 31 to file …

• Vermiculite mining in Libby left trouble in the air

  February 11, 2007 in Region on Page A1 Early on, it was the miners who were getting sick from the asbestos-laden ore they dug near the small Montana town of Libby. Most are dead now, but more people …