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Gold King Mine owner says the EPA raped him, reports Durango...

Gold King Mine owner Todd Hennis told The Durango Herald that the Environmental Protection Agency committed “an act of rape” against him. Rape metaphors have...

Animas River disaster: More lawmaker finger-pointing on tap, but little work...

Workers in the mountains above Silverton are racing to finish a patchwork of temporary fixes on leaking hard-rock mines above Silverton as Congress busies...

Silverton and San Juan County seek quick-fix government funding

The Town of Silverton and San Juan County plan to ask the federal government for quick-fix, disaster-relief funding to help counteract the impacts of...

Reader’s view: Looking forward after the Gold King Mine spill

The recent disaster on the Animas River is news to no one at this point. Headlines across Colorado and national outlets have spread this...