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...Colorado developer told Congress he is broke and unable to pay back any of his $100 million in defaulted loans from Silverado, the spectacularly busted Denver S&L. But he's living in a $2 million house in California replete with swimming pool and tennis court...
Getting on the water is also difficult. Most of the 22,000 slots for riding the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon go to commercial companies. Individuals face a minimum waiting time of three to five years. The toughest permit: the one to traverse Northern Idaho's Selway River, a rafter's prize because it is navigable only a few weeks of the year. The odds of winning the pass...
...President defends Neil Bush, who could be a target of a $200 million federal suit in the collapse of a Colorado thrift. -- Cover-up? Critics charge that a study of Agent Orange was sabotaged...
...Colorado squawfish A $590 million water project has been put on hold because it would threaten the survival of this outsize predator. The project would benefit the Ute Indians, who had been scheduled to receive water under a 1986 agreement with Washington...
Gamblers are also flocking to the tiny town of Laughlin, Nev. (pop. 4,400), on the Colorado River some 90 miles to the south of metropolitan Las Vegas (pop. 650,000). Founded by Don Laughlin, an enterprising developer who arrived in 1966, the hamlet has used its riverfront location to attract nine casinos since 1986. The town boasts more than 4,000 rooms in such hotels as Harrah's Del Rio and Circus Circus's Colorado Belle. Another 5,500 rooms are being built. However, the frantic pace of construction has strained Laughlin's meager civic resources. The town suffers...