Environment

Local News

Century-old Rico mines require ongoing monitoring

Officials unsure what’s happening in tunnels

October 11, 2015

Nation & World

Appeals court puts hold on regulation protecting waterways

In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati put the regulations on…

October 9, 2015

Local News

Are our headwaters at risk of a mine leak?

Officials unsure what’s happening in tunnels

October 8, 2015

Local News

Junk cars emerge from river’s banks

‘Detroit riprap’ once used to prevent erosion along the Animas

October 2, 2015

Local News

EPA rules extend to pesticides, petroleum

Regulations focus on protecting farmworkers, cutting emissions emissions

September 29, 2015

Local News

Open-space swap examined in Three Springs

3-acre parcel could be better for affordable housing instead

September 28, 2015

Local News

Water-treatment system announced for Gold King

building temporary facility to treat polluted water

September 23, 2015

Local News

Four Corners methane plume discussed at EPA hearing

for tough methane standards irks of oil and gas companies

September 23, 2015

Regional News

Firefighting shift focuses on sage grouse in West

Male sage grouse fight for the attention of a female southwest of Rawlins, Wyo. As one of the West’s worst…

September 21, 2015

Regional News

New Mexico official: EPA kept water data secret

Secretary of environment says the agency’s actions hobbled state’s response

September 17, 2015

Local News

Agency considers treatment facility

initiates bidding for potential water plant

September 17, 2015

Local News

Homeless man gets six months for trashing Forest Service land

Collected 8,500 pounds of debris

September 17, 2015

Local News

State agrees to improve flows on Lower Dolores

Conservation Board says higher flows will improve river and fish health

September 17, 2015

Local News

County wants real-time water-monitoring system

Commissioners mull remedial options in aftermath of mine spill

September 15, 2015

Local News

Rain-barrel discussion renewed

Proposal would allow for collection, but with caveats

September 15, 2015

Local News

‘I can take the long view’

Lachelt says regulation is best way to represent gas, natural lands

September 13, 2015

Regional News

After spill, work suspended at 10 mine sites

Colorado Attorney General, Cynthia H. Coffman, and Utah Attorney General, Sean Reyes, talk in front of the Gold King Mine…

September 13, 2015

Local News

At Bullion Mine, project keeps waste under control

Bullion King Mine being successfully treated

September 11, 2015

Pine River Times news

CSU researching hemp in secluded test plot

12 varieties of hemp researched

September 10, 2015

Local News

S. Utes: Spill costs at $200K

Chairman says EPA ‘never lifted a finger’ to alert the tribe

September 10, 2015

Local News

Is wild food calling?

bears prefer dining in the forest, but a few don’t

September 4, 2015

Film

Cortez’s Sunflower gets international film festival

Audience at Cortez theater will help judge Manhattan short films

September 3, 2015

Local News

Danger to Animas River short-lived

Independent study confirms low toxicity after Gold King spill

September 2, 2015

Good Earth

Should Colorado reintroduce wolves?

conservation biologist advocates for return of top predator

September 2, 2015

Local News

State officials say Animas River fish safe to eat

Samples of fish tissue taken by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment showed metals below detectable levels. Levels…

September 2, 2015

Local News

Mining reclamation may be a pipe dream

Financial, technological hurdles slow progress

September 1, 2015

Local News

Ute Mountain Utes consider renewables

explores tribe’s shift from oil, natural gas power

August 31, 2015

Local News

Antiquated mining law hamstrings cleanups

back 143 years, few mandates exist for reclamation

August 30, 2015

Local News

‘Not all mines are created the same’

Minerals in La Plata Mountains mines not equal to San Juan Mountains mines

August 29, 2015

Local News

EPA documents detail frightening Gold King Mine scramble

moments of disaster took team by surprise

August 27, 2015