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KDNK Daily News

Monday, May 8, 2022

By Hattison Rensberry

Published May 8, 2023 at 6:48 PM MDT

The Arch Coal-operated West Elk Coal Mine in Somerset, CO. A coalition of environmental advocacy organizations, including Carbondale's Wilderness Workshop, prevailed in a lawsuit against the Polis Administration. A judge ruled that the Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment must complete a draft permit for the mile, which has been operating without state oversight since Sept., 2021. The administration also must provide progress updates as they prepare the permit.

News reporter Hattison Rensberry brings listeners Monday’s news including: the last day of Colorado's legislative session brings a late-night bill vote, Wilderness Workshop scores a legal victory against the Polis Administration and the West Elk Coal Mine in Somerset. Also, we get an update on avian flu from last week’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife meeting, and Colorado passes the ICWA law. Meanwhile, property values skyrocketed in Pitkin County this appraisal cycle. And the numbers don’t add up when it comes to alpine snowfall making it into the Colorado River as runoff. What gives?