Environmental cleanup

Local News

Enterprise plans 18-mile pipeline replacement after 92,000-gallon gasoline spill

Plata County commissioners criticize lack of public outreach

April 28, 2026

Local News

La Plata County Jail needs to expand, but ground contamination is a hurdle

industrial site left chemicals in soil and groundwater

April 21, 2026

Local News

Durango woman has been picking up city’s trash for nearly 30 years

Longtime volunteer teams up with neighborhood children to collect waste

March 30, 2026

Local News

Overturned tanker truck spills 80-120 barrels of drilling fluid on Southern Ute land

Initial assessments predict no damage to water, agricultural or wildlife

March 25, 2026

Local News

Plans underway to move 33‑ton rail tracks off Dolores streets

has sat along Central and Sixth streets for about 18 months

March 2, 2026

Local News

Asbestos remediation required for conversion of historic Durango High School

hopes to secure EPA grant to offset cost of cleanup

January 29, 2026

Local News

EPA increases oversight of gasoline spill south of Durango

Southern Ute Indian Tribe raised concerns about Enterprise’s handling of cleanup

November 27, 2025

New Mexico

FEMA says NM fire victims will have to prove ‘causation’ to get payment for well contamination

Rep. Leger Fernández says office should create “protocol” quickly to address problem

November 25, 2025

Local News

Company buys out homeowners after 97,000-gallon fuel spill near Durango

residents say Enterprise not being held accountable for gasoline leak

November 21, 2025

Local News

EPA activity releases sediment from Bonita Peak mine into Animas River tributary

Impacts were minimal, no adverse effects to water quality observed

August 14, 2025

Local News

Groundwater remediation underway at Hermosa Speedway

drinking water not threatened, officials say

June 20, 2025

Regional News

Chevron spill largest since at least 2015; full clean-up may take 5 years

Company has recovered at least 3.8 million gallons of liquid from a Weld County site

May 16, 2025

Local News

Southern Ute Indian Tribe criticizes company over gasoline spill response

A pipeline south of Durango burst in December, spilling 23,000 gallons of fuel

May 8, 2025

Local News

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

Local News

23,000 gallons of gasoline spilled into their yard; now, this Durango couple can’t go home

A pipeline burst in La Plata County in December, contaminating several wells

February 3, 2025

Local News

Bill to clean up thousands of abandoned mines passes Congress

Samaritan law will empower states, nonprofits to tackle abandoned sites

December 12, 2024

Local News

Durango residents can be free of fallen autumn leaves with new on-demand collection service

to Farm Compost partners with city to perform no-charge leaf pickup

October 8, 2024

Local News

Bayfield residents can dispose of excess junk at ‘Spring Clean Up’

will be held May 18; old mattresses, scrap metal and carpeting among items accepted

April 25, 2024

Southwest Life

Why did it take so long for the Navajo Nation to secure a Superfund designation?

from 40 years of uranium mining has contaminated watersheds across the reservation

April 2, 2024

Regional News

Locals wary of plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste

Residents concerned plan to process historic mine waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history

March 31, 2024

Local News

First Superfund site on Navajo Nation to address uranium mining pollution

Residents in Arizona community have suffered impacts of radiation exposure for decades

March 15, 2024

Local News

Without abdicating authority, EPA responds to Butler criticism

quality expert left role in November citing lack of engagement by federal agency

February 23, 2024

Local News

Frustrated, Peter Butler leaves Superfund advisory group

‘We are not consulted’ wrote outgoing chairman

December 21, 2023

Local News

Durango provides free compostable bags for residents during fall cleanup

Organic waste disposal to be held at the fairgrounds the weekend of Nov. 4

October 14, 2023