Upper Animas News Today

By Kathleen Phalen Tomaselli, Houlton Pioneer Times MILLINOCKET – Getting Maine Land Use Planning Commission rezoning approval means more investment dollars for Canadian junior mining company Wolfden, according to company officials. “If we were to get through rezoning, I expect our stock price to go up and that allows us to raise the $15 to $20 million to do the execution,” said Wolfden CEO Ron Little on Oct.

A 24-year-old rafter who drowned earlier this month in the Upper Animas River has been identified as Durango resident Sara Rosecrans. San Juan County Coroner Keri Metzler confirmed the identity of th...

A 24-year-old Durango woman died in a drowning accident Saturday on the upper Animas River south of Silverton. Silverton Medical Rescue responded to a satellite emergency notification device alert abo...

The 2015 spill damaged the Animas and San Juan rivers, and Colorado wildlands are still paying the price.

Members of the Environmental Protection Agency Region 8 visited the Bonita Peak Mining District last week to evaluate remediation work and discuss future projects including a permanent waste repositor...

From Lake Placid to Cordova and some select places in between, here’s our (highly subjective) list of the nation’s best mountain towns. Before telling us where we went wrong, please take a moment to acknowledge the courage and gall it takes to attempt such an impossible feat.

Whether you're looking for family-friendly floats, intense whitewater to play on, or a little bit of everything, here's where to start.