Water samples taken from the Animas River during the season’s first spring runoff since August’s Gold King Mine spill raise a “red flag” for potential harm to aquatic life in the waterway.
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DENVER – A $1.5 million bill sent by New Mexico to the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday could be the last chance for federal officials and the state of Colorado to avoid a lawsuit related to ...
The joint budget committee and the Senate and House education committees are holding a six-meeting series to investigate Colorado school finance in depth. I’ve been able to attend the meetings and hop...
DATE: Mar 06, 2017CATEGORY: From the Board of Education
DENVER – Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday recommended a Superfund listing in the wake of the Gold King Mine spill, ending more than six months of discussions on whether the state should pursue the des...
SILVERTON – A watershed moment was registered in Silverton on Monday evening as the Silverton Board of Trustees and San Juan County Commission unanimously supported Superfund status for the mining net...
Editor’s note: Following is a letter that the City of Cortez Public Works Department emailed to The Journal on Jan. 18.
CITY OF CORTEZ SNOW REMOVAL
“The City of Cortez Public Wor...
As Southwest Colorado’s population grows, the amount of trash generated could increase by 130 percent in the next nine years, a recent audit of area counties found.
Across the five-county r...
An independent analysis of sediment at the Gold King Mine adit found trace amounts of uranium isotopes, but at levels far below typical screening thresholds.
The study was done in September...
Who knew that an Army colonel’s wisdom could be so timely? Along with many of us, Margaret Wheatley didn’t.
Wheatley is a writer, teacher, and speaker whose area of expertise is organizatio...
DATE: Mar 06, 2017CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way
Last week, municipal officials got their first glimpse of preliminary design plans for the new City Hall.
In October, the Cortez City Council approved a $3 million purchase price for The Jo...
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