Un-permitted mining in Poplar breeds anxiety, distrust

Concerned citizens pack commissioners’ meeting

  • MNJ Photo/Mariel Williams. Gloria Thomas of Poplar speaks to the Mitchell Board of Commissioners about her experiences living across from the controversial new Horizon 30 mine. The commissioners’ meeting last week was packed with citizens concerned about the mine.
    MNJ Photo/Mariel Williams. Gloria Thomas of Poplar speaks to the Mitchell Board of Commissioners about her experiences living across from the controversial new Horizon 30 mine. The commissioners’ meeting last week was packed with citizens concerned about the mine.
    At the beginning of last week’s meeting of the Mitchell County Board of Commissioners, Board Chair Jeff Harding asked County Manager Allen Cook to read a statement about a mining operation in the...

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