Gillette woman's quest to educate residents on the presence and dangers of radon

GILLETTE — Gail Heath had a chronic cough that just wouldn’t go away.

It started in the winter of 2020. For anyone sick at that time, there were a number of reasons to be concerned or, at the very least, hyper-aware of even the slightest coughs and chest pains.

The Gillette woman, now 75 years old, has always lived a healthy life. She was never a smoker and always mindful of her diet and supplements, yet the coughing hung around until the spring before finally going away.

When the cough returned the next winter, it became clear that it was something more than a cough.

Eventually, a CT scan con...