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Once again, the Animas River has recorded a record low flow, according to a gauge in Durango with more than a century’s worth of data collecting. Before this winter, the previous low flow at the...
DATE: Feb. 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
With efforts to construct a play wave for river runners in the Animas River at the 29th Street put-in falling flat, the city of Durango will instead conduct regular maintenance and stream bank...
DATE: Feb. 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Will 2021 be the year water is finally released from Lake Nighthorse in Durango to downstream users in New Mexico? The answer should become clearer Wednesday. The San Juan Water Commission in New...
DATE: Feb. 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
The prospect of Wall Street buying water rights in Colorado has seemingly brought the water community on the Front Range and Western Slope together – a rare occurrence between two sides of the...
DATE: Jan. 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
The U.S. Forest Service this summer will launch an extensive study of the Mineral Creek watershed west of Silverton, an area that has been bombarded in recent years with campers and hikers headed...
DATE: Jan. 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
The Environmental Protection Agency plans this summer to drill into the collapsed entrance of a mine near Silverton that’s at risk of a blowout. If the situation sounds familiar, it is. The EPA in...
DATE: Jan. 14, 2021 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
The state of New Mexico has reached an $11 million settlement with Silverton-based Sunnyside Gold Corp. over costs related to the 2015 Gold King Mine spill, the state announced Wednesday. The...
DATE: Jan. 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: New Mexico
The Environmental Protection Agency issued the owner of the Gold King Mine an order for access to the property where the water treatment plant is located, north of Silverton, after a long-term...
DATE: Jan. 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
Records show the Animas River recently broke the all-time low flow set on the water gauge behind the Powerhouse Science Center, which has collected data for 109 years. The previous record low flow...
DATE: Jan. 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News
With 2020 in the rearview mirror, it’s time to look at the most pressing environmental issues that face Southwest Colorado in the year to come, and there’s no shortage of them. How will the...
DATE: Dec. 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life
A homeless man who was found dead last week at a campsite behind Walmart along the Animas River died from hypothermia. La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith said last week she did not suspect...
DATE: Nov. 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News
A 57-year-old man living homeless was found dead Tuesday morning at a campsite behind Walmart along the Animas River, said La Plata County Coroner Jann Smith. Smith said the man did not appear to...
DATE: Nov. 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News