Tag: Disaster
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EPA settles with landowner over Gold King Mine disaster
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Environmental Protection Agency contractors caused a blowout at the Gold King Mine above Silverton in 2015, releasing 3 million gallons of acid mine waste and 800,000 pounds of heavy metals into Cement Creek and the Animas River. Nine years later, Todd Hennis — who…
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Southwest Colorado county enacts mask mandate after surge of COVID-19 cases
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A disaster has been declared in a southwest Colorado county as new cases of COVID-19 have ravaged its small communities. San Juan County, home to just over 700, has seen a dramatic uptick in cases since the first week of August, leading to a county-wide…
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Assistance loans available to Larimer County businesses, residents impacted by wildfires
Larimer County residents and business owners impacted by last year’s wildfires can apply for low-interest federal disasters loans from the Small Business Administration. Loans will only be applicable for those impacted by wildfires, including the Cameron Peak Fire, from Sept. 6 through Nov. 5, to replace damaged or destroyed real estate, machinery and equipment, inventory,…