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New Mexico first to issue plans to sue EPA, Colorado over Gold King Mine spill

ALBUQUERQUE – New Mexico plans to sue the federal government and the owners of two Colorado mines that were the source of a massive spill last year that contaminated rivers in three Western ...

DATE: Jan 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gov. John Hickenlooper says Colorado must address abandoned mine issues

State of State speech addresses Gold King Mine spill, housing shortage

DATE: Jan 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Researchers: Small Colorado glacier could melt in 20 years

DENVER – A small glacier in the mountains west of Boulder could disappear in about 20 years because of regional climate warming and drought, and similar thawing could be underway elsewhere i...

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

After a delay for Gold King Mine spill, Bill Simon, co-founder of the Animas River Stakeholders Group, finally enjoying retirement

After more than 20 years as a coordinator of the Animas River Stakeholders Group, Bill Simon was about to retire when he received a call on Aug. 6 from a friend who said he should take a loo...

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

What’s to come in 2016?

A roundup of La Plata County issues and people to pay attention to this year

DATE: Jan 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Italy confirms higher cancer, death rates from mob dumping

Babies, especially, affected by the waste

DATE: Jan 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Tax break could encourage land conservation, La Plata County group says

Congress makes permanent incentives for easements

DATE: Dec 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Legacy of old Bayfield landfill plagues county

La Plata County commissioners debate groundwater with state officials

DATE: Dec 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

University of Colorado scientists say reservoir evaporation a concern

Study says conservation efforts must include reducing water loss

DATE: Dec 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA wants toxic Nevada mine on Superfund list

RENO, Nev. – Fifteen years after U.S. regulators started assessing damage and health risks at an abandoned Nevada copper mine, the Environmental Protection Agency is moving to designate the ...

DATE: Dec 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World