Water

Bayfield dealing with utility bill issues entering holidays

manager says some billing errors ‘sidelined’ over past several years

November 19, 2024

How a second Trump administration might reverse drilling and energy restrictions on public lands in Colorado

Bureau of Land Management lands near Gypsum. The BLM has proposed a rule that would elevate conservation on public lands…

November 16, 2024

Local News

Durango seeks long-term funding for stormwater management

Sediment unloading, flooding and failed infrastructure need attention

November 13, 2024

Local News

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

experts defend nearly 80-year practice

November 9, 2024

Agriculture

Ute Mountain Ute Tribe awarded $9.6 million grant for land management improvements

grant will help alleviate the effects of drought while improving water usage

November 6, 2024

Local News

Southwest Colorado tribes seek federal funds for A-LP water delivery

Lawmakers urge Bureau of Reclamation to consider options

November 2, 2024

Local News

Talk of persisting inequities prevails at Fort Lewis College screening of ‘Ute Water Legacy’

Mountain PBS documentary series episode was shown Wednesday

October 26, 2024

Southwest Life

How a rye revival in the San Luis Valley could save its soil and farms

With the Sangre de Cristo mountains for a backdrop, Michael Jones plants rye seed at Jones Farm Organics, in the…

October 24, 2024

Regional News

Proposition JJ: Colorado would be allowed to keep all sports betting tax revenue it collects

can currently keep up to $29 million; measure would remove that cap

October 17, 2024

Local News

Durango’s aging water, sewer infrastructure begins to show wear and tear

of sight, out of mind: We don’t think about system until it fails

October 9, 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

Local News

Animas High School shuts down because of another water main break Wednesday

pipes cause more problems for Durango charter school

September 4, 2024

Local News

Animas Surgical Hospital cancels appointments because of water main break

Hospital administration hopes to reopen on Wednesday

August 26, 2024

Local News

Animas High School closes for the day because of water main issue

Classes will also be canceled on Friday

August 22, 2024

Local News

Bayfield High grad now leading Fort Lewis College’s Four Corners Water Center

Program focuses on developing ‘collaborative solutions’ to overcome existing and future water challenges

August 15, 2024

Local News

Nextdoor post about Dove Ranch subdivision causes stir in Bayfield

claims neighborhood being excluded from town’s stormwater plan, which Mayor Tom Au vehemently denies

August 7, 2024

Local News

Cortez City Council hears community’s complaints and revises water rates

Council ends tiered water rate structure – for now – and adopts a fixed rate for single-family homes

July 24, 2024

Regional News

At least 32 have died in Colorado waters this summer. State loaning life jackets, upping citations to slow pace

season’s tally of water fatalities include 17 deaths in reservoirs and 15 in moving water. CPW has issued 430 tickets…

July 13, 2024

Local News

Photos: Getting in the flow

were heavy rains Friday in the mountains up the water in the Animas River

June 29, 2024

Outdoors

CPW emphasizes importance of life jackets amid high rate of drowning deaths

‘When drownings do happen, you see the loved ones left behind,’ Colorado Parks and Wildlife spokesman says

June 17, 2024

AP Sports

Unsafe levels of E. coli found in Seine River less than 2 months before Paris Olympics

FILE – Athletes dive and swim in the Seine River from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of…

June 15, 2024

Outdoors

Colorado rivers are peaking – and so are drownings

least 18 people have died in state reservoirs and waterways so far this year

June 13, 2024

Local News

Bayfield Water Treatment Plant to add new, longer-lasting generator

would be more efficient during natural disasters

June 7, 2024