Belt, Montana, was built on coal. For 25 years men worked the coal mines ringing the small town east of Great Falls. The largest of these was the Anaconda Mine, which sat on the town’s western edge.

Coal killed Belt Creek where if flows through the community of Belt. For decades, discharges from the abandoned Belt Anaconda Coal Mine flowed into the creek, making it so acidic few fish can survive ...

As far as Lynda Murphy is concerned, there’s only one destination in Belt for a great breakfast or power lunch. There are plenty of fantastic eateries (and a major brewery) in Belt that serve dinner ...

Belt Creek, 88 miles long, is a popular and diverse fishery, recording about 11,000 angler days a year. “For most people who grew up in central Montana, they probably spent time on Belt Creek as a kid ...

GREAT FALLS — The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is proposing to construct a multi-million-dollar water treatment plant to treat runoff from an old coal mine that's been turning Belt ...