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Navajos sue feds over Gold King Mine spill

‘EPA, we’re holding your feet to the fire’

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Navajo Nation to sue EPA over Gold King Mine spill for damages

ALBUQUERQUE – One of the nation’s largest American Indian tribes is planning to sue over damages caused by the Gold King Mine spill that occurred in August 2015 above Silverton. N...

DATE: Aug 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Ophir mine cleanup project in limbo

Project led by former Gold King point man not approved for action, EPA says

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

King II receives moratorium exemption, exploration license

Exploratory drilling to begin by month’s end

DATE: Aug 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Active drilling rigs absent from San Juan Basin

New wells drive employment and offset depletion of active wells

DATE: Aug 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Superfund’s cleanup vs. Silverton’s heritage

How do you clean up potentially toxic sites that are also important historically and culturally?

DATE: Aug 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Designation not as bad as some fear?

Superfund sites can see positive economic effects

DATE: Aug 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

In wake of Gold King spill, lawmakers push for cleaning up mines

In the year since the Gold King Mine blowout, congressional leaders have pushed several bills addressing the spill and other issues associated with leaking abandoned mines. Some, including t...

DATE: Aug 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Superfund process speeding along

Quickness unscores a remarkable evolution

DATE: Aug 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

With cleanup, Silverton braces for other challenges

‘We’re very vulnerable having people in the backcountry doing that kind of work’

DATE: Aug 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Year after spill marked by lawsuits, investigations, political squabbles

Lack of action by EPA frustrates politicians, communities

DATE: Aug 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Navajo researcher leads search for answers about contamination

Team identified 40 possible ways people could be exposed

DATE: Aug 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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