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Two Colorado Democrats on Tuesday called on the Environmental Protection Agency to “carefully examine” the proposed expansions of three rail terminals in eastern Utah that could dramatically increase hazardous oil-train

At the Jan. 23 Granby Board of Trustees meeting, the Grand Foundation presented the grants being given out in the 2024’s Town’s Donor Advised Fund. Town staff sat down with the foundation and went through...

Production in Utah's oil-rich Uinta Basin is at an all-time high. Texas oilman Jim Finley is credited with opening the floodgates.

The proposed 88-mile Uinta Basin Railway would connect drilling operations in northeast Utah to the main rail line near Price, sending up to five two-mile-long oil trains a day along the Colorado River and through Denver toward Gulf Coast refineries, increasing production by up to 350,000 barrels a day. Legal action by environmental groups  and Eagle County, including nearly $450,000 in taxpayer-funded legal feels, has delayed if not outright derailed the project.

A privately owned oil loading facility on public lands eight miles northwest of Price, Utah, has been operating out of compliance with state air-quality regulations for years, a state official

A proposed railway project that would bring a surge in the amount of oil transported along the Colorado River is on hold, but Colorado communities and lawmakers are now concerned about a different Utah project that would increase crude transports through the state.

The proposed expansion of the Wildcat Loadout facility in Utah's Uinta Basin has sparked concerns along the Colorado River about an increase in train traffic transporting crude oil.

Two Colorado Democrats urged the federal Bureau of Land Management to undertake a full review of a proposed oil-train expansion.

Two Colorado legislators are demanding a full environmental review of a proposal to expand a Utah oil transport facility — plans they believe could endanger their state’s residents across the border. Because the potential expansion of the Wildcat Loadout is located on federal land, Sen. Michael Bennet (D) and Rep. Joe Neguse (D) appealed to…

The Uinta Basin Railway might have been derailed, but it can still get back on some kind of track. The US Court of Appeals sided with Eagle County, and other Colorado and local leaders, to...