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 - 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.
In five years, chances are the only above-ground legacy left from more than 100 years of lead smelting in East Helena will be Asarco’s water treatment plant and the slag pile that rises above the city ...