Asarco's annual meeting to inform the public of ongoing activities at its former lead smelting site is slated for 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the East Helena Volunteer Fire Hall. Linda Jacobson, who is ...

The dismantling of Asarco is continuing, with a surplus equipment auction scheduled for Friday and the demolition of another smokestack coming later this year. This is to be the second Asarco auction, ...

EAST HELENA - With a resonating "boom," the iconic smokestacks that for decades stood in silent watch over East Helena slowly crashed to the ground Friday morning, shaking the earth and signaling the ...

EAST HELENA - Arsenic levels found in some residential wells were low enough to occur naturally and are not necessarily related to pollution from a nearby lead smelter that is being torn down, a ...

EAST HELENA - Chester Grace is a big, soft-spoken man with a ready smile, who enjoys blowing up stuff. This week, he's the master blaster in charge of the demolition of the three Asarco smokestacks.

EL PASO - A group of El Paso residents is working to save the city's iconic 826-foot smelter smokestack, owned by Tucson-based Asarco, from demolition. The 45-year-old smokestack that towers over El ...

ASARCO arrived in Tacoma in 1905 and soon became a significant force in the economic development of the region. Stack construction was completed in a year’s time on December 22nd, 1917. On January ...