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In the flow: Work continues on city wastewater plant
10+ hour, 28+ min ago (552+ words) Staff and officials from the city, engineering firm'Burns & Mc Donnell and Moltz Construction break ground on the Montrose Wastewater Treatment Plant project. (Kylea Henseler/Montrose Press) City Utilities Director David Bries updated city council members on the project at a…...
'Know where your water comes from' " Water leaders participate in forum addressing Colorado's historic drought
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (524+ words) The Colorado River at Las Colonias Park in Grand Junction in early April. Streamflows are expected to be way below normal this spring; some may have already hit their peak for the year. (Heather Sackett/Aspen Journalism) An Aspen Journalism…...
OPINION: "No new depletions" has to be in a Colorado River deal " When you"re in a hole, stop digging
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (653+ words) The chaos on the Colorado River has reached a fevered pitch. In a March 30, USA Today news story, the river's most respected climate scientist, Brad Udall, described the extreme drought and its implications on the Southwest and the river as…...
Colorado River advocates" toolbox chips away at threats with many approaches " including personhood; Western communities are pulling an assortment of legal levers to try to protect the Colorado River from escalating threats, climate change and overuse; Western communities are pulling an assortment of legal levers to try to protect the Colorado River from escalating threats, climate change and overuse
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (524+ words) The Colorado River flows through the Colorado River Indian Tribes reservation in southwest Arizona September 2020. (Provided by CRIT Media) The Colorado River passes through Shoshone Power Plant, April 9, 2024, near Glenwood Springs. The power plant is at the center of a…...
Denver's famous gems and mineral display goes underground until 2027; The Coors Hall of Gems and Minerals has some of the state's most treasured pieces of gold, topaz and rhodochrosite. A $30 million renovation to reimagine the collection begins April 15.
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (697+ words) Tom's Baby," the largest piece of gold ever found in Colorado, on display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science in the Coors Hall of Gems & Minerals. The hunk of gold weighs 13 pounds and was discovered in 1887 in Breckenridge....
Local Water Quality and Mines meeting set
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (21+ words) Montrose Daily Press Have any questions? Please give us a call at 970-249-3444...
State says "yes" to Western Slope plan for Shoshone Power Plant's water rights; The Colorado Water Conservation Board approved a proposal to use two powerful Colorado River water rights to help the environment
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (608+ words) Taylor Hawes, center, Colorado River mainstem representative, and other Colorado Water Conservation Board members listen to testimonies during a hearing on the future of the Shoshone Power Plant's water rights Nov. 19, 2025, in Golden, Colorado. (Shannon Mullane, The Colorado Sun) In…...