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Silver mine, and 152 jobs in Ouray, waiting on resolution with state agency
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A dispute between mine owner in Ouray hoping to restart a silver mine and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is now being reviewed by a legislative water committee. Ouray Silver Mines wants to reopen a mine that produces silver, gold, lead and copper and would bring 152 jobs to Ouray County,…
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Ute Council Tree, two centuries old, cedes its place in Western Colorado lore
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On road trips through western Colorado, Ute leader Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk’s family would stop to pay their respects to a cottonwood believed to be more than 200 years old. Their ancestors once gathered in its shade to discuss tribal business. So when Lopez-Whiteskunk heard the Ute Council Tree had been deemed dangerously weakened by age, she…