Hecla Mining Company will proceed with determining the viability of mining ‘world-class’ copper and silver deposit.

Hecla’s Libby Exploration Project was one of 10 fast-tracked for ‘expedited permitting’ earlier this year. Some conservation ...

Helca Mining is eyeing the Libby Exploration Project, stirring concerns about water and wildlife as environmentalists prepare for a legal challenge against expedited approvals.

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 ...