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Thursday, February 14, 2013  Clean-up and construction is 30 percent complete

Thursday, June 16, 2011  The mining company's new education center is currently under construction on the 100 block of Washington Street

Thursday, January 27, 2011  It’s been nine months since construction began at the Eagle Mine

Friday, January 21, 2011  In April of last year, Cynthia Pryor was arrested for sitting in front of a bulldozer at the Eagle Rock mine site

Tuesday, January 18, 2011  Longtime opponents of the Kennecott Eagle Project are weighing in after the company announced that it was no longer planning on having its ore trucks use the proposed route of County Road 595

Tuesday, January 18, 2011  Kennecott's Eagle mine plans to utilize current roads on Triple A, County Roads 510/550, and Wright Street as a trucking route, dropping plans for County Road 595

Thursday, April 15, 2010  Kennecott Minerals claims that it has all the permits it needs to go ahead with its Eagle Mine Project, and it says it can do it safely

Monday, December 14, 2009  The ballot proposal would expand the state's mining restrictions to include uranium and sulfide for the protection of water.

Friday, August 21, 2009  The hearing might not occur for another six months.

Wednesday, August 05, 2009  The National Wildlife Federation and the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve plan to appeal a ruling made by a Michigan judge.

Thursday, February 12, 2009  The parent company of Kennecott Minerals sent out a press release stating the deferral of development on the controversial mine on the Yellow Dog Plains.

Monday, December 08, 2008  National Wildlife Federation has created a movie on the dangers of sulfide mining.

Thursday, November 13, 2008  Mining opponents challenged the permit.