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Pro-business Denver Daily News, Vail Mountaineer cite lack of business, shut down

By | 06.07.11 | 10:15 am

Accused by a former business partner of being a “news wuss” and by one of his former editors of lacking “journalistic standards, ethics and principles,” Denver Daily News and Vail Mountaineer owner Jim Pavelich took the high road today in announcing he was shutting down both newspapers.

Feds shut down 6 Kentucky coal mines, issue 16 citations to Colorado mine

By | 05.07.10 | 8:16 am

Federal regulators shut down operations at six Kentucky coal mines targeted by surprise inspections in the wake of last month’s deadly West Virginia mine explosion. The only Colorado mine targeted – Twentymile’s Foidel Creek Mine in Routt County –…

Utah coal mine with Colorado ties shut down due to dangerous methane levels

By | 05.05.10 | 8:41 am

Federal regulators late last week shut down a Utah coal mine owned by a company that also owns Colorado’s West Elk Mine, citing elevated levels of carbon monoxide and methane gas.

A dangerous “hot spot” in a mined-out area of…