James “Jimmy” E. Davis, age 72, passed away at his home Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025.

The rivers affected by mining flow through Sparwood and Fernie, into Lake Koocanusa on the U.S.-Canada border, through Montana and Idaho, then back into B.C., past Creston and into Kootenay Lake.

Provincial government officials this month imposed more than $3.6 million in administrative penalties against British ...

Feast your eyes and your appetite at Montana’s waterfront restaurants known for glacier-cut views and unforgettable local ...

State officials denied a petition submitted by the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners that sought to ease selenium standards on Lake Koocanusa. The petition failed to “provide sufficient evidence” ...

A petition submitted by Lincoln County commissioners to ease selenium standards in Lake Koocanusa met resistance at a recent public meeting held by the Montana Department of Environmental Quality.

Koocanusa Reservoir north of the Libby Dam. (Image courtesy U.S. Forest Service) Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday denied a petition to weaken Lake Koocanusa’s standard for ...

Montana’s Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday denied a petition to weaken Lake Koocanusa’s standard for selenium, a pollutant stemming from Canadian coal mines that can have adverse effects ...

State officials denied a petition submitted by the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners that sought to ease selenium standards on Lake Koocanusa. The petition failed to “provide sufficient evidence” ...

(Missoula Current) The state of Montana has rejected another effort to water down the selenium limits for Lake Koocanusa in northwest Montana. On Tuesday, the Montana Department of Environmental ...

“Fishing and recreational tourism on Lake Koocanusa and the Kootenai River downstream generates significant revenue and jobs in Lincoln County and elsewhere, as supported by public comments,” ...

Fifty years to the day after President Gerald Ford stood on its crest to dedicate it as an "engineering marvel," Libby Dam once again took center stage, drawing hundreds of community members to mark ...