Local News
Mancos to impose mandatory outdoor watering restrictions for summer
Guidelines will remain in place until Sept. 30
Environment
Local News
Cortez City Council hears water supply report in the midst of severe drought
Dolores Water Conservancy District General Manager Ken Curtis discusses municipal and agricultural consequences at Tuesday’s City Council meeting
Local News
Enterprise plans 18-mile pipeline replacement after 92,000-gallon gasoline spill
La Plata County commissioners criticize lack of public outreach
Local News
Residents, firefighters rethinking water use ahead of wildfire season
Officials stress mitigation as drought strains firefighting resources
Local News
La Plata County Jail needs to expand, but ground contamination is a hurdle
Former industrial site left chemicals in soil and groundwater
Local News
La Plata County to add water supply section to comprehensive plan
State requires all counties be in compliance by December
Local News
Durango-based company launches ‘Facebook Marketplace for businesses’
Paid membership gets access to eco-friendly buying, selling, donations in Four Corners
Drought
Southwest Colorado recreation industry can adapt during low-water years, panelists say
Panel highlights strategies to sustain rivers and outdoor tourism during drought
Business (general)
‘Forums for Progress’ panel to examine energy issues in Southwest Colorado
Industry leaders to discuss policy, oil and gas, and emerging energy sectors
Energy
Durango offers sustainability, EV charging grants up to $10,000
City funding supports resiliency projects, workplace electric vehicle infrastructure
Canadian-based company seeks exploratory permit to drill uranium in northern New Mexico
Rio Arriba County commissioner says he’s mobilizing opposition
Colorado’s early snowmelt is a preview of a hotter future
Expect a longer wildfire season and major headaches for state water managers
Parks and Wildlife Commission accepts petition to ban Colorado fur sales in ‘embarrassing’ meeting
Commissioners voted 6-4 amid public pushback and criticism
Sunflower Theatre to host screenings of conservation documentary ‘Preserved’
The documentary highlights the Vermejo property in New Mexico
Fort Lewis College to host Community Energy Symposium in 2027
Event will be ‘Indigenous, community-focused,’ school says
Report says national push for AI data centers leading to outsized energy, water consumption
The findings come amid revelation that a Texas company seeks to build a gas pipeline for New Mexico’s Project Jupiter
Plans underway to move 33‑ton rail tracks off Dolores streets
Steel has sat along Central and Sixth streets for about 18 months
Southwest water seminar to highlight drought, wildfire and headwaters issues
Water district launches sign-ups for March seminar in Ignacio
Mountain Studies Institute’s new executive director bridges science and policy
Molly McKeon teaches global environmental policy at Fort Lewis College
Farmington braces for snow drought but maintains secure water supply
‘We have ample water supply,’ Mayor Duckett says