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At Bullion Mine, project keeps waste under control
Bullion King Mine being successfully treated
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Are wolves coming back?
Top conservation biologist says it’s inevitable that predator will return to Colorado
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Officials: Animas fish safe to eat
Mike Japhaet, a former aquatic biologist with Colorado Division of Wildlife, holds a brown trout that was collected in a 2014 fish census on the Animas River.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald DENVER…
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Groups defend EPA’s Clean Power Plan
A plume of steam billows from the coal-fired Merrimack Station in Bow, N.H. President Barack Obama plans to clamp down on carbon-dioxide emissions from existing U.S. power plants.Jim Cole/Associated Press…
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Sunflower gets international film festival
Audience at Cortez theater will help judge Manhattan Short Films
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CSU researching hemp in secluded test plot
CSU researching 12 types in semi-secret test plot
High School Sports
Cortez football coach ousted after staff complains
We did it for the kids, assistant coach says
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Coalition calls for mining reforms after Gold King Mine spill
Water flows into a retention pond below the Gold King Mine north of Silverton. A coalition of tribes, local governments and environmental groups Tuesday petitioned the federal government to change…
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‘Insufficient’ planning cited in EPA investigation of Gold King Mine spill
Water flows out of the Gold King Mine last week north of Silverton. A blowout at the mine could have been prevented with better analysis of the water pressure behind…
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Coalition calls for mining reforms after Gold King Mine spill
Groups aim to prevent another river fiasco
Business
State rebrands anti-pot campaign for kids
This image, made from a website launched by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, shows part of the state’s new campaign to educate youths about legal recreational marijuana.…
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Inmates help restore wilderness
DENVER – A piece of Colorado’s Eagles Nest Wilderness has been restored to its historic condition because of the hard work of 18 prison inmates. The group removed an ugly…
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Gold King Mine spill captures attention of world’s media
The New York Times on Aug. 11 featured full-page coverage of the Gold King Mine spill into the Animas River, including Durango Herald photographer Jerry McBride’s shot of three kayakers…