Four years after national plan was approved, there has been little to no progress in reducing pollutants in country's third-largest city, comptroller finds

Elkin 'proud of the reductions' but watchdog group dismisses report showing 56% drop in organic pollutants as 'questionable' and 'saturated with manipulated information'

Explosive gas was discovered over the weekend leaking from a pipe directly under city streets, only 500 meters from homes. The city's new mayor has signaled she won't tolerate it