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A third Southwest Colorado hospital has opted out of providing services under the aid-in-dying law, which was approved by Colorado voters by a 2-to-1 margin in November. On Tuesday, the Upper San...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it would formally designate the district of leaking mines around Silverton as a Superfund. In a news release, the EPA said the “Bonita Peak...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
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. On Feb....
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The owner of the Gold King Mine said Monday the Environmental Protection Agency again forced him to sign an access agreement through 2016 for several private mining claims, prolonging a land...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Southern Ute Indian Tribe responded to claims it threatened retaliation against “whistleblowers,” asserting that the federal employees played a major role in gross mismanagement of the tribe’s...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The San Juan National Forest’s recreational budget has declined 50 percent over the past decade, and that’s caused the agency to make tough decisions about what’s worth saving. “It is obvious we...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
A two-year study released by NASA on Monday confirmed suspicions that energy extraction practices are largely responsible for the methane hot spot in the Four Corners. “The argument that most of...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
If it weren’t for the ink of Silverton’s only newspaper, the tragic story of the small town’s marshal, who was gunned down by an infamous outlaw gang in 1881, would likely fall into the deep annals...
DATE: March 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Living
A memorial service will be held Friday for Kressyda Ming – the 34-year-old Farmington woman who died last week after colliding into a tree at Purgatory Resort.Ming was a mother of five, ages 10 and...
DATE: March 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
A Pagosa Springs man was found dead Feb. 18, more than a week after his family reported him missing, according to Archuleta County Undersheriff Tonya Hamilton. John Charles Allen Sr., 47, went...
DATE: Feb. 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
The Environmental Protection Agency has a “laundry list of activities” the agency would like to see completed this summer at the Superfund site near Silverton, including monitoring at several key...
DATE: Feb. 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Business
A 34-year-old woman who struck a tree and died while skiing at Purgatory Resort on Saturday has been identified as Farmington resident Kressyda Ming, according to La Plata County coroner Jann...
DATE: Feb. 27, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News
