PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona has thousands of abandoned mines _ and only two state workers whose job it is to close them. They could soon get a lot more help. Under Senate Bill 1717, which is flying through the Legislature …
Robert Hughes stopped his maroon SUV in the middle of Espy Street, turning on his flashers to let drivers know he might be there for a while. He knelt by an uncovered hole in the street, about the diameter of …
A new federal policy should protect “good Samaritan” groups from liability if they try to stanch dangerous chemicals leaking from abandoned mining sites in the Colorado mountains and beyond, environmental officials say. The Denver Post reported Sunday that the Environmental …