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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.

Friday, November 04, 2011  Colorado health officials want more testing for contamination before they renew a license for Cotter Corp.'s uranium mill near Canon City.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  The managers of a uranium mill are asking state regulators to let them stop testing a leaking radioactive pond because conditions are too dangerous for workers.

Thursday, June 30, 2011  Cotter Corp. was recently given permission from state health officials to dump 90,000 gallons of toxic solvent in an impoundment pond in Canon City. However, the pond has reportedly been leaking for several years.

Thursday, August 19, 2010  A company's decision to close rather than refurbish a uranium mill in southern Colorado has raised concerns about cleanup of the site and continued monitoring of radon emissions.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  State officials say they're concerned about rising uranium levels and radioactive contaminants in sediment.

Thursday, June 10, 2010  Gov. Bill Ritter signed the bill Tuesday in Canon City, home of the Cotter Corp. uranium mill. Cotter wants to refurbish the mill — a Superfund site since 1984 — and open a new mill in Montrose County.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010  Cotter Corp. has submitted a plan to state mining regulators to reduce uranium levels in Ralston Creek from the closed Schwartzwalder Mine. The water flows into a reservoir that supplies some of Denver's drinking water.

Thursday, April 16, 2009  Colorado Citizens Against Toxic Waste Inc. wrote a letter to the state health department, calling the citizens advisory group "an exercise in futility" that hasn't allowed for public influence on state and federal regulators' decisions on cleanup plans.