Animas River

Navajo Lake releases dilute wastewater

The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Project, opened the spigots to help protect…

Inopportune time for a bath

A La Plata County Sheriff’s Office deputy warns a bather to stay out of the Animas River on Wednesday afternoon…

Hickenlooper drinks Animas River water to make a point

Hickenlooper drinks from river: ‘If that shows that Durango is open for business, I’m happy to help’

Congressmen appeal to Obama after Gold King disaster

The letter was sent by Colorado’s U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner; U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton; New Mexico’s U.S.…

State health department says water is safe

to hold off drawing from Animas River

Potential contamination alarms farmers

River clearing, but sediment remains

EPA stops field work at all nation’s mines

It is not clear how many mining cleanup sites this affects across the nation. The EPA had not respond to…

EPA chief confirms Animas is recovering

for halt to mine cleanup across country

Who’ll pay: Will lawsuit be filed against EPA?

Coffman says she would prefer to avoid court battle

EPA administrator has limited schedule today in Durango

The news conference is only open to credentialed news media about the response to the release of wastewater from Gold…

Test fish removed from Animas River

Fingerlings taken to Denver for analysis

Video: Gov. Hickenlooper’s public meeting

Hickenlooper: Threat lessens on Animas River

at pre-mine blowout levels

Some shops already hurt by river pollution

more take wait-and-see approach

VIDEO: Community meeting with the EPA Aug. 9, 2014

Navajo president plans lawsuit over mine blowout

Begaye: Warnings there, but no one did anything

EPA: Decision to reopen Animas River a week off

well testing to enhanced ground response, healing the Animas River will be complex

Goodbye fair, hello EPA command central?

Guv ‘disappointed’ with EPA spill response

Hickenlooper plans Tuesday visit to Durango

EPA faces criticism, praise at Silverton meeting

Residents gather to hear latest about Gold King Mine blowout

No major species dieoffs from Animas River contamination a cause for optimism

Like a comet, the 3 million gallons of toxic water accidentally released from the Gold King Mine in Silverton brought…

3 million, not 1 million, gallons of contaminated water rushed from mine, EPA says

City, county declare state of local emergency

Thousands of mines with toxic water under the West

Though the spill into the Animas River in Southwest Colorado is unusual for its size, it’s only the latest instance…

Bennet, Gardner tell EPA to set an example for Animas River cleanup

Colorado senators visit Durango to assess damage