Mining

Local News

Carbon Junction enters new era of use after mine scars healed

Oakridge Energy remediates land and is terminating mine permit in popular recreational area

September 5, 2016

Nation & World

Partnership to reclaim Montana mine

Unlimited, state work to clean heavy metals

September 4, 2016

Local News

EPA seeks depository for mine waste treatment plant sludge

vets businesses with mine cleanup ideas

August 24, 2016

Nation & World

California high court upholds ban on dredges to extract gold

In this Aug. 5, 2009, photo, Matt Lauer of Portage, Wis., works a suction dredge to hunt for gold in…

August 22, 2016

Local News

EPA sues Wildcat Mining over violations of Clean Water Act

Wildcat president says EPA complaint holding up work

August 17, 2016

Regional News

Navajos sue feds over Gold King Mine spill

‘EPA, we’re holding your feet to the fire’

August 16, 2016

Regional News

Navajo Nation to sue EPA over Gold King Mine spill for damages

Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye, Navajo Attorney General Ethel Branch and other tribal officials plan to announce Tuesday that they…

August 15, 2016

Local News

Ophir mine cleanup project in limbo

Project led by former Gold King point man not approved for action, EPA says

August 10, 2016

Local News

King II receives moratorium exemption, exploration license

Exploratory drilling to begin by month’s end

August 7, 2016

Local News

Active drilling rigs absent from San Juan Basin

wells drive employment and offset depletion of active wells

August 7, 2016

Local News

Superfund’s cleanup vs. Silverton’s heritage

do you clean up potentially toxic sites that are also important historically and culturally?

August 6, 2016

Local News

Designation not as bad as some fear?

Superfund sites can see positive economic effects

August 6, 2016

Local News

In wake of Gold King spill, lawmakers push for cleaning up mines

Good Samaritan Cleanup of Orphan Mines Act Proposed by: Sens. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Cory Gardner, R-Colo., and Rep. Scott…

August 6, 2016

Local News

Superfund process speeding along

Quickness unscores a remarkable evolution

August 6, 2016

Local News

With cleanup, Silverton braces for other challenges

‘We’re very vulnerable having people in the backcountry doing that kind of work’

August 6, 2016

Local News

Year after spill marked by lawsuits, investigations, political squabbles

of action by EPA frustrates politicians, communities

August 5, 2016

Local News

Navajo researcher leads search for answers about contamination

identified 40 possible ways people could be exposed

August 5, 2016

Local News

Conference attendees tour proposed Superfund mine sites

hits lesser known sites as well as Gold King Mine

August 5, 2016

Local News

EPA announces more Gold King Mine spill reimbursements

States, tribes, local governments paid for response costs

August 5, 2016

Local News

Who profited from the Gold King Mine spill?

motels, restaurants and grocery stores benefited from government spending

August 4, 2016

Local News

Gold King Mine spill recovery better in some areas than others

do you measure healing from ‘invisible trauma’?

August 4, 2016

Visual Arts

Gold King Mine spill’s effect on artists

On the one-year anniversary of the Gold King Mine spill, we take a look back at what some of them…

August 4, 2016

Local News

EPA manager says Superfund warranted in Silverton area

Initial investigations show need for federal cleanup

August 4, 2016

Local News

Sunnyside Gold Corp. calls for dismissal of New Mexico lawsuit

company says it’s not tied to Gold King spill

August 1, 2016