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Western Slope water interests fear transmountain diversion

Conservation board director says plan does not prescribe policy

DATE: Oct 23, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Independent report blames EPA for Gold King spill

Incident could have been prevented but plagued by errors

DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Mining reclamation requires funding

Mining-reclamation experts this week told a congressional panel that good Samaritan legislation and funding for restoration efforts are “inseparably tied together.” The comments c...

DATE: Oct 22, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Mexico releases monitoring plan after Gold King Mine spill

State suggests testing residents’ urine for metals

DATE: Oct 20, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Gold King Mine water-treatment plant operational

Cost: $1.5M for facility to be built and $16,000 per week to operate

DATE: Oct 19, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gold King water treatment to begin

Leakage from complex mine network remains problem for Animas River

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA report: $14 million spent on spill so far

The Environmental Protection Agency has so far spent more than $14 million in its response to the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine blowout, according to an internal document. And an Oct. 6 w...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA: Tests say water sent to Navajos met standards

DENVER – New tests on water sent to Navajo Nation farmers after millions of gallons of waste spilled from a Colorado mine indicate that the emergency supply met federal and tribal standards ...

DATE: Oct 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Aerial tour a glimpse of water’s importance

Flight over San Juan Mountains shows interplay of mines and river

DATE: Oct 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Contractor named in second EPA mine spill

Different company than one blamed for Gold King Mine mishap

DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Century-old Rico mines require ongoing monitoring

Officials unsure what’s happening in tunnels

DATE: Oct 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Business leaders pitch water sharing between urban, rural communities

‘Buy-and-grow’ would combat practice of agricultural dry-up

DATE: Oct 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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