Art Carney

The U.S. Justice Department says two companies and the city of St. Maries have agreed to clean up creosote-soaked soil at the site of a former wooden utility pole treatment plant along the St. Joe River and Coeur d’Alene Tribe reservation. The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced the deal with St. Maries, Carney Products Co. and B.J. Carney & Co. on Tuesday. It was filed in Boise’s U.S. District Court late Monday...