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La Plata County revisits long-term water plans

Priorities for water sustainability and conservation were reviewed Tuesday by La Plata County commissioners, who agreed that public outreach is one of the next steps. Adopting con...

DATE: Dec 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Water conservation initiative launched Tuesday targets West

Federal program seeks to engage private sector in spurring investment in the West

DATE: Dec 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lake Nighthorse water-rights settlement pushed to Jan. 15

A ruling on the settlement agreement reached last month in the years-long Animas-La Plata Project legal battle over water rights to Lake Nighthorse was continued to Jan. 15. Chief...

DATE: Dec 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Interior secretary: No criminal acts in Gold King Mine spill

WASHINGTON – Republicans alleged a “whitewash” of a Colorado mining accident that unleashed 3 million gallons of toxic wastewater and requested a nonpartisan investigation after Interior Sec...

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

La Plata County to take stance on Superfund

Nonbinding resolution supports Silverton, San Juan County decision

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Disagreement between Colorado and EPA over Gold King Mine spill lingers

Federal agency continues to insist that the state played a role

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores River film explores water conflicts common in West

Competing demands on waterway with only so much to give

DATE: Dec 2, 2015 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Durango’s water and sewer rates rising

City Council approves $87.6M 2016 budget

DATE: Dec 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Thanksgiving morning damp

Chances of snow slight through the weekend

DATE: Nov 26, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

California water agency’s purchase rattles farmers

BLYTHE, Calif. – The nation’s largest distributor of treated drinking water became the largest landowner in a remote California farming region for good reason: The alfalfa-growing area is fi...

DATE: Nov 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Silverton, San Juan County officials will pursue Superfund

With few options, town will engage Environmental Protection Agency

DATE: Nov 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mine tailings a longtime Silverton-Durango issue

Recently released archival photos of mine tailing pits above Silverton highlight that not much has changed when it comes to complaints about mine waste since the region’s early settlement. ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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