Mary Shinn
Position: Staff reporter
Phone Number: (970), 375-4526

Western fires make a haze of local skies

10-acre fire burning near Highways 160 and 151

Survey of Animas River fish looks promising

Another survey planned for week of Aug. 22

Building code changes will encourage efficiency

Durango, La Plata County looking to adopt 2009 energy standards

No major species dieoffs from Animas River contamination a cause for optimism

If the pollution in the Animas River was a comet, the tail would be passing through the town of Durango now, said Aaron Kimple with Mountain Studies Institute. Like a comet, the 3...

EPA: 3 million gallons of bad water hit Animas

City, county declare emergency

In north valley, irrigation companies work to keep Animas River pollution out

Ditch companies shut off headgates before spill arrived

EPA takes blame for Animas River contamination

Federal agency yet to say how extensive damage may be

Plans to plug the Gold King Mine backfire

1,200 gallons of polluted water per minute still draining

Catastrophe on the Animas

Toxic water floods river after EPA disaster at Gold King Mine in Silverton

Toxic waste shuts Animas

EPA team leaks contamination from Gold King Mine

Pot-tax idea dies

Marijuana industry supporters speak out against 5 percent levy

A cutthroat's world

Colorado trout making a comeback in Hermosa's headwaters