Environmental cleanup

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EPA: No elevated mercury at Red Arrow

Some soil samples show excessive levels of arsenic

December 11, 2013

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Officials tell residents mine poses no risk

Participants in Mancos town hall meeting question health effects mercury might have caused

December 10, 2013

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Officials tell Mancos residents mine poses no risk

An EPA-designated superfund technical assessment and response team checks for mercury vapor Oct. 29 at the unpermitted Red Arrow milling…

December 10, 2013

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Red Arrow report released

No elevated levels of mercury found

December 10, 2013

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Recyclers make a difference

Dolores Public Library, along with the Friends of the Library, began recycling aluminum cans in 1984 as a match for…

November 6, 2013

DRMS to weigh mine enforcement

Task force demands Red Arrow answers

October 29, 2013

Task force demands Red Arrow answers

A volunteer task force has vowed to keep pressure on state and federal agencies until health and environmental concerns stemming…

October 28, 2013

Mine measures get help from state

Group of residents wants more answers

October 22, 2013

State to deal with mine

Officials set next steps in cleanup

October 18, 2013

Mine: ‘No public safety concerns’

State mining officials present an update about Red Arrow

October 4, 2013

Fungi entrepreneurs examine other uses

Mushrooms not just for pasta anymore

October 1, 2013

Mine: ‘No public safety concerns’

State mining officials present update about Red Arrow

October 1, 2013

Montezuma County has jurisdiction over toxic site

Commissioners consider fines, public meeting

August 27, 2013

County has jurisdiction over toxic site

Commissioners consider fines, public meeting

August 27, 2013

Coram closing controversial uranium mines

State Rep. Don Coram is taking steps to clean up and shut down four uranium mines he owns, making him…

June 10, 2013

Old mines, today’s water Environmental agency cleans up Rico’s mineral legacy

Settling ponds and wetlands help clean contaminated water from mines near Rico. An abandoned water treatment tank sits in the…

June 6, 2013

A contamination controversy fueled by gas spill

Ray McCarty has put up a sign to bring attention to a gas spill that has destroyed the value of…

May 28, 2013

A contamination controversy

Cleanup plan is in place, but landowner blocks access

May 23, 2013