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Emergency abatement launched after workers uncover contaminated mine tailings

by WILL LANGHORNE
The Western News | April 23, 2021 7:00 AM

Officials with the Lincoln County Asbestos Resource Program have launched an emergency abatement project after workers uncovered contaminated mine tailings on a Fifth Street property.

Virginia Kocieda, program director, said the tailings were exposed after Ziply Fiber began digging a trench on the lot...

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