- Task force on fate of the former Montezuma-Cortez High School building says to "tear it down".
- Coalition of environmental groups file suit over the 2015 renewal of a permit for the Navajo Mine in New Mexico.
Tear it down. That’s the advice of a task force organized to make recommendations on the fate of the former Montezuma-Cortez High School. On Tuesday, Kemper Principal Jamie Haukeness told the District Re-1 School Board that after weighing public feedback and differ options, the task force overwhelmingly recommended asbestos-abatement and demolition of the old facility although it will cost up to $2.5 million. Seventy-one percent of respondents to a survey on the district’s web site said not to “repurpose” the facility. The task force suggested asking voters whether $1.9 million allocated for a new football stadium should instead go toward the demolition. The board plans to set a work session on the topic.
A coalition of environmental groups filed suit Wednesday over the 2015 renewal of a permit for the Navajo Mine in New Mexico, which feeds the Four Corners Power Plant. In the complaint in U.S. District Court in Arizona, the plaintiffs say, “For a half century, the Four Corners region has borne the weight of the coal-fired electricity system that illuminates the cities of the American Southwest.” They say the Four Corners Power Plant and nearby San Juan Generating Station together emit more pollution than any other source in North or South America.
