Editor's note: This is Part Two of a two-part series. It looms in the distance, 5 miles from Interstate 90 and reaching 585 feet into the sky. The brick smokestack between Anaconda and Butte looms as ...

Butte and the rest of Montana got natural gas for heating and cooking in the early 1930s, when the Bowdoin Dome near Malta, Montana, began to produce significant natural gas. But Butte was using gas ...

“If it’s good for Butte, it’s good for us,” he said. It’s not hard to figure out why the Original was so named, given the fact that it was reputedly Butte’s first patented mine 160 years ago. Located ...

HELENA - It's only 60 miles of interstate between Helena and Butte, but that's far enough to breed misunderstanding when it comes to sharing Montana's history. But on Friday, as the Montana Historical ...

It's been an incredible year for sports enthusiasts in the Mining City, with records being smashed and championships claimed.

Joceyln Dodge spent her career as a recreation forester in and around Butte and has been active in so many organizations and ...

For decades, it was a gift he enjoyed sharing with his audiences, particularly in Butte. His unwavering love for his hometown solidified his place in Butte history. Butte native Mark Staples, a singer ...

To much of the rest of the world, Butte, Montana, is known as home to an enormous, toxic hole in the ground, an emptiness where once stood the richest hill on earth. But for most of her life, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BUTTE — In 2020, Wes Plate was like many other Americans during COVID who were itching to get out ...