Environment

Details scant as operators remains tight-lipped about pipeline failure south of Durango

Enterprise Products, the company responsible for the spill of 23,000 gallons of gasoline, has refused to answer questions

February 20, 2025

Regional News

Trump picks oil and gas advocate from Colorado to lead Bureau of Land Management

Kathleen Sgamma now leads Denver-based trade group Western Energy Alliance

February 13, 2025

New Mexico

New Mexico snowpacks in the red, dry and hot weather expected

Temperatures around state 11 to 22 degrees above average for this time of year

February 5, 2025

New Mexico

San Juan College aims to train students on uranium mine cleanup

Classes start in February

January 28, 2025

Regional News

17 Colorado environmental projects are in limbo after Trump halts spending

Residents thought they had millions coming their way for projects now, the future is uncertain

January 26, 2025

Local News

Southwestern Water Conservation District awarded $25.6M grant

will fund projects supporting aquatic ecosystems during periods of drought

January 21, 2025

AP New Mexico

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland reflects on tough choices during a historic tenure

Haaland was the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary

January 20, 2025

Local News

Durango-area residents consider coalition opposing mining in La Plata Mountains

Metallic Minerals is performing exploratory work, which could lead to greater activity

December 19, 2024

Regional News

Investigators haven’t found a motive for falsified environmental data filed at hundreds of Colorado oil and gas sites

The newly reorganized Colorado Oil and Gas Commission planned to meet Tuesday and will later begin rewriting state rules to…

December 15, 2024

AP New Mexico

Biden adds to list of national monuments during his term

There's an appetite for more

December 9, 2024

Local News

Durango to recruit residents to research stormwater fees

Applications for focus group open now

December 7, 2024

Local News

TDL Recycling in Bayfield shutting down services

Company cites staffing shortages, problems finding new building lease

December 6, 2024

Regional News

Colorado still has a middling recycling rate, but residents are wasting less overall

Demand for recycling is overwhelming capacity at the drop off in Dolores. The Four Corners Recycling Initiative is hoping to…

November 17, 2024

Outdoors

New rules for Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

activities now limited to designated travel routes

November 14, 2024

Local News

Durango seeks long-term funding for stormwater management

Sediment unloading, flooding and failed infrastructure need attention

November 13, 2024

Local News

In La Plata Mountains, possibility of copper mining has neighbors anxious

Metallic Minerals faced stiff opposition at a community meeting in Breen

November 12, 2024

Local News

Some residents want end to Durango’s fluoridation of drinking water

experts defend nearly 80-year practice

November 9, 2024

Local News

Nature’s legal advocate headquarters in Durango

Law Center a voice for environments around the world

November 1, 2024

Local News

Boebert’s bill to protect fish passes House, with looming concern over funding shortage

stakeholders are concerned about lack of $22 million in funds

September 27, 2024

New Mexico

Chaco Canyon buffer zone in the crossfires of Project 2025

The U.S. Interior Department said on Nov. 15 that oil and gas leasing within 10 miles of Chaco Culture National…

September 20, 2024

Local News

Durango sustainability manager discusses water use with panel

Pool said city’s water comes predominantly from Florida River, supplemented by Animas River

September 15, 2024

Regional News

For better water forecasts, scientists say we should pay more attention to spring

85% of Colorado River starts as snow in the high-altitude mountains

September 6, 2024

Associated Press

‘We were expendable’: Downwinders from world’s 1st atomic test are on a mission to tell their story

Downwinder Paul Pino heads through the SALA Event Center toward the screening of "First We Bombed New Mexico" during the…

August 24, 2024

Local News

Longtime Durango Trails executive director steps down after 19 years

Monroe Brown helped develop 50 miles of trail system during tenure

August 20, 2024