Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe

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2017: County commissioners had a full plate, full chambers

use, Kinder Morgan taxes, $9.6 million courthouse were hot topics

December 29, 2017

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Seven charged in Towaoc check scheme

least one Ute Mountain Ute check cashed at casino

December 26, 2017

Tribal coalition, environmentalists filing suits over monuments

file lawsuits, claiming presidential overreach

December 5, 2017

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Rocky Mountain National Park may broaden exhibits about tribes

The Ute Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. The kiosk explains that the trail was used by Arapaho and Ute…

November 20, 2017

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Lawsuit against White Mesa uranium mill is dismissed

in White Mesa case: Clean Air Act was misinterpreted

November 7, 2017

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DeAnne House wins seat on Ute Mountain council

candidates ran in election; 415 voters turn out

October 13, 2017

Ute Mountain Utes to hold election Oct. 13

council seat open

October 8, 2017

Ute Mountain Ute leader tapped for museum

Lopez-Whiteskunk takes education post at Ute Indian Museum

September 28, 2017

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Cameco to resume radioactive waste shipments

Problems that led to radioactive spills corrected, nuclear regulators say

September 25, 2017

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Monuments report challenges limits of protections

Antiquities Act, landscapes like Grand Canyon count as ‘objects’ that can be protected

September 20, 2017

Looking back

Ed Noland’s Four Corners trading posts

Oen Ed Noland wanted to start a trading post on the San Juan River in the Four Corners region and…

August 30, 2017

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Centuries-old Ute Council Tree becomes unstable

Centuries-old tree has grown rotten

August 13, 2017

EPA clears Towaoc Rec Center of asbestos contamination

Center closed pending final repairs

August 11, 2017

Fair invites Utes to show off Bear Dance

traditionally start off ceremony

August 2, 2017

Business center director worked with tribes

Alaskan Native brought expertise in rural development

July 30, 2017

Ute Mountain Utes to build $2 million solar farm

Tribe, U.S. split $2M funding

June 29, 2017

Inside the military tactics used during Standing Rock

Company behind DAPL used paramilitary security to track activists

June 10, 2017

Ute protesters march to Utah uranium mill

Mountain Utes concerned about health impacts from White Mesa

May 13, 2017

Group holds rally against uranium mill

Protesters will march along U.S. 191 in Utah

May 5, 2017

NRC urges uranium miner to review all operations

spilled radioactive waste on highway near Blanding

May 5, 2017

EPA arrives in Towaoc for asbestos cleanup

arrives for cleanup job

April 28, 2017

Towaoc woman gets 10 years in sister’s fatal stabbing

attributed to fight over a cell phone

April 19, 2017

Construction planned this spring on Colorado Highway 41

This map shows the location of a road construction project planned next month in southwest Montezuma County.Courtesy of CDOT CDOT…

March 28, 2017

Colorado lawmakers recognize contributions of Ute tribes

meet to discuss programs to promote growth

March 24, 2017