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Is the Animas River really clean?

Environmental groups worry about long-term effects

DATE: Aug 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hickenlooper drinks Animas River water to make a point

Hickenlooper drinks from river: ‘If that shows that Durango is open for business, I’m happy to help’

DATE: Aug 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Shiprock farmers deal with plume

The warning came a week ago Thursday: A vast, poisonous plume of mine waste had been accidentally released into a Colorado creek, and it was now streaming inexorably toward the San Juan rive...

DATE: Aug 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

What will it take to get Superfund status in Silverton?

Silverton opposes Superfund amid threat downstream

DATE: Aug 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Animas River reopens after Gold King Mine fiasco

Advisory issued for recreational users

DATE: Aug 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Irrigation ditch flushing begins

On Wednesday evening, select irrigation ditches were inspected and flushed as a first step toward opening the ditches for farmers and ranchers who depend on the Animas River for watering liv...

DATE: Aug 13, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Health official: Animas at pre-spill levels

Governor tours fish hatchery in Durango

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

EPA: Decision to reopen Animas a week off

From testing to ground response, healing the river will be complex

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: MT - News

Some shops already hurt by river pollution

Many more take wait-and-see approach

DATE: Aug 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

No major species dieoffs from Animas River contamination a cause for optimism

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...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA says it can handle the cleanup of Animas River

The Environmental Protection Agency typically responds to disasters caused by private interests; it doesn’t cause them. So the agency finds itself in an unusual position of accepting blame f...

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

EPA: 3 million gallons of bad water hit Animas

City, county declare emergency

DATE: Aug 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

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