Thomas Gates, principal and superintendent of Philipsburg Public Schools in Montana, stands outside a building in which half the faucets revealed high enough levels of lead that the district had to repair or turn off the fixtures. (Katheryn Houghton/KHN)
March 8, 2023
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March 9, 2023 midnight
Schools struggle with lead in water while awaiting federal relief
PHILIPSBURG — On a recent day in this 19th-century mining town turned tourist hot spot, students made their way into the Granite High School lobby and past a new filtered water bottle fill station.