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Wednesday, May 08, 2013  The Alamosa County Economic Development Corp. has won a $200,000 grant to help clean up the site of the former Pink Elephant and other businesses on Sixth Street.

Thursday, March 14, 2013  A Denver District Court judge has ruled that the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment followed proper procedures setting bond for the cleanup of the Cotter Uranium Mill.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The company that owns a former uranium mill in southern Colorado wants to leave 15 million tons of radioactive tailings at the site along the Arkansas River.

Monday, October 29, 2012  The Wetmore Fire, which has been burning in Custer County for almost a week now, is fully contained as of Monday afternoon.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  US starts landmark cleanup of Agent Orange nearly 4 decades after Vietnam War's end

Monday, January 09, 2012  Pueblo Fire crews are working to contain fuel that has spilled into the downtown sewer system after an overflow early Monday morning.

Friday, October 14, 2011  Cleanup postponed at New York City plaza where encamped protesters had feared eviction

Monday, February 21, 2011  A 46-mile stretch of the highway had been closed since last Monday after a major rock slide blocked both lanes.

Friday, February 18, 2011  Crews have begun removing rock from U.S. Highway 50, taking it to a storage area about 12 miles east where there is room off the highway.

Thursday, December 30, 2010  Cleanup of Gulf Coast nears end, but buried oil in sands may linger for a long time

Friday, October 22, 2010  NYC judge to rule on tossing out criminal charges in deadly fire at toxic ground zero tower

Tuesday, August 24, 2010  Scientists discovered the new microbe while studying the underwater dispersion of millions of gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf following the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  The most worrisome part is the slow pace at which the oil is breaking down in the cold, 40-degree water, making it a long-lasting but unseen threat to vulnerable marine life, experts said.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010  Scientists who've just finished a cursory examination of the Gulf are disputing government claims that half the leaked oil is completely gone from the ecosystem.

Thursday, July 29, 2010  Allen said once oil stops for good, the Coast Guard may start redeploying some of the 11 million feet of boom, 811 oil skimmers and 40,000 people that have been part of the oil spill response.