Environment

Deluge extends irrigation, boating season

Deluge extends irrigation, boating season

September 4, 2013

Recent rains have bumped up the region to 104 percent of normal precipitation for the year, recharging the Dolores and extending the irrigation and boating season. But the area has…

Water seminar to discuss supply, demand

Water seminar to discuss supply, demand

September 3, 2013

The Colorado River District’s annual water seminar – “Shrinking in Supply, Growing in Demand” – will take place Sept. 13 at the Two Rivers Convention Center in Grand Junction. The…

Town Hall tackles illegal Red Arrow gold mill

Town Hall tackles illegal Red Arrow gold mill

September 3, 2013

One Mancos Valley resident is concerned that an unpermitted milling operation could potentially pollute the ground water. A private land use consultant, Brian Kimble, addressed the Mancos town trustees last…

Bankruptcy stalls Red Arrow eviction

Bankruptcy stalls Red Arrow eviction

September 2, 2013

Sam Green/Cortez Journal<br><br>Mining equipment and tailings are behind the Red Arrow Mine buildings in Mancos.du1-i-syn A business partner in the Red Arrow Gold Mine has filed for bankruptcy in Texas,…

Drowning in mud

Drowning in mud

August 27, 2013

Fish choke to death on siltas deluge floods nearly dry river

Town  stalls on  solar proposal

Town stalls on solar proposal

August 20, 2013

A plan to treat drinking water using the sun was met with silence last week by Mancos officials. After town officials were presented with a proposal to install a 60-kilowatt…