Attorneys for a Warren Buffett-owned railway are expected to argue before a jury on Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for hauling asbestos into a Montana town that allegedly sickened ...

LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers playing baseball as a kid on a field constructed from asbestos-tainted vermiculite, mere yards from railroad tracks where trains kicked up clouds of dust as ...

This insurance-coverage dispute involved alleged asbestos exposure from asbestos-containing vermiculite mined from Vermiculite Mountain outside of Libby, Mont. The court acknowledged that vermiculite ...

A federal court ruled Tuesday that BNSF Railway can’t be held liable for vermiculite shipments that spread asbestos contamination along its tracks in Libby.

The removal of asbestos-containing vermiculite in Park City has been completed following a windstorm in December. The cleanup focused on residential yards and public roadways most ...

HELENA, Mont.HELENA, Mont. — Thomas Wells ran a half-marathon at age 60 and played recreational volleyball until he was 63. At 65 years old, doctors diagnosed him with mesothelioma, a rare and ...

The owner of a former vermiculite mine in northwestern Montana that spread harmful asbestos in and around the town of Libby has offered $18.5 million to settle the last of the state's claims for ...

“A Mountain of Trouble Pulls a Town Together” (Opinion, Jan. 19) appropriately points out the legacy of asbestos-related disease from vermiculite mining in Libby, Mont. Vermiculite, commonly used in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LIBBY, Mont. (AP) — Paul Resch remembers ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Thomas Wells ran a half ...