Decades after asbestos contamination was discovered in Libby, Montana, families and courts are still grappling with the health impacts.

A panel of judges at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared skeptical of plaintiffs’ claims that BNSF Railway is ...

Long before she joined a major legal case for asbestos victims, Joyce Walder had a bold streak, according to her sister, Judith Hemphill. On a recent Monday in October, walking through the forests of ...

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The Center for Asbestos Related Disease in Libby, Montana, closed in May after a court judgment. The clinic's federal funding is also threatened.... Near old Montana mine, special clinic for ...

In last week's Montana Moment, NBC Montana brought you the story of a secondhand store and pawnshop in Libby.In its tenure of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — An attorney for a ...

The cleanup of a northwest Montana community where health professionals say hundreds of people have been killed by asbestos exposure entered a new phase Thursday as officials turn their focus to ...

Dozens of feet of tubing connect Gayla Benefield to her oxygen machine so she can walk from room to room inside her home on the picturesque Kootenai River, surrounded by the Cabinet Mountains. Like ...

Dozens of feet of tubing connect Gayla Benefield to her oxygen machine so she can walk from room to room inside her home on the picturesque Kootenai River, surrounded by the Cabinet Mountains. Like ...