It has been reported that the San Juan County commissioners and the government of the town of Silverton have been instrumental in preventing the Coal King mine and many other mines in that area from b...

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CENTENNIAL – James Holmes will spend the rest of his life in prison after at least one juror balked at the possibility of sentencing him to death for the massacre that claimed 12 lives and spawned a g...

IGNACIO – Southern Ute Indian Tribe elders are mounting a recall effort aimed at the majority of the Tribal Council and its chairman, calling the move a “revolution” to preserve their way of life. ...

If the pollution in the Animas River was a comet, the tail would be passing through the town of Durango now, said Aaron Kimple with Mountain Studies Institute. Like a comet, the 3 million g...

At a minimum, the mining spill in the Animas River will cause a multi-million dollar loss to the area economy, economic experts estimated on Friday. “This is a man-made disaster,” said Roge...