Investigators confident extent of gas leak has been found
By John Hales
2-13-08
GUNNISON—Environmental consultants working on the Gunnison Top Stop gas leak are feeling confident they have identified the extent of the leak.

Lawsuit filed over Gunnison gas leak
By John Hales
1-30-08
GUNNISON—Whether or not Wind River Petroleum was responsible for forcing a Gunnison resident out of her prominent business is now a matter for a jury to decide.

AGs office reopens gas leak probe
By John Hales
1-23-08
GUNNISON—The Utah Attorney General’s Office is asking for people to step forward if they know that Top Stop was aware of a leaking underground storage tank long before last summer’s 20,000-gallon leak.

Top Stop president defends company; Gunnison attorney calls statement ‘incomplete assessment’
By John Hales
1-23-08
GUNNISON—In the same week that a criminal investigation was reopened into the Top Stop gas leak in Gunnison, company and city officials argued about the leak and how Top Stop has responded in the aftermath.

One-fifth of fuel cleaned up, residents told
By Sara Hansen
1-9-08
GUNNISON—Residents packed Gunnison’s City Hall on Thursday, Jan. 3 to hear the gas-leak cleanup update presented to the city council by Wasatch Environmental, the company in charge of the cleanup.

Gunnison gets update on gas clean-up effort
By John Hales
12-12-07
GUNNISON—The bulk of last week’s meeting of the Gunnison City Council was taken up by a discussion of the current situation of the Top Stop gas leak cleanup effort.

Elevated benzene readings cause for concern in Gunnison
12-12-07
GUNNISON—Analysis of some air samples collected in buildings impacted by the Top Stop gas leak show instances of benzene concentration more than 470 times greater than the level set as an objective in state remediation operations.

Gas leak continues to impact residents
By Suzanne Dean
11-28-07
GUNNISON—While only one family, the Jeremy Taylors, are still evacuated from their home, and while measurements indicate gasoline vapors are diminishing, the huge Top Stop leak continues to impact human lives.

Gas leak victims see big response
By John Hales
11-21-07
GUNNISON—After three months of what some perceived as snail-like motion on the issue of the 20,000-gallon Top Stop gas leak, developments last week happened at a whirlwind pace.

Officials can focus on cleanup now, rather than effect
11-21-07
GUNNISON—Up to now, much of the news coverage of the Gunnison Top Stop gas leak has dealt with the effect of the spill on the city and its residents, the response to the leak and remediation efforts to clean it up, and the fact that the city, the company, the consultant and the state had some difficulty all getting on the same page.

Would a Wasatch Front gas leak attract so little response?
11-21-07
We hate to play the small, rural community card, but the handling of the Gunnison gas leak almost demands it.

Gunnison seeking solutions to gas leak
By John Hales
11-14-07
GUNNISON—Gunnison City is showing indications that it is gearing up for a showdown with Top Stop and Top Stop’s environmental consultant, Wasatch Environmental, over last summer’s fuel spill and the subsequent handling of the matter.

Gas-leak related illness forces couple from home
By John Hales
11-14-07
GUNNISON—Last October, James and Madeleine Wallace, better known as Bones and Mickey, left their home near St. George to escape the traffic and moved to Gunnison.

Gas leak damage extends from environmental to economics
By Karen Prisbrey
9-19-07
GUNNISON—Business and city leaders in Gunnison are hopeful that last month’s gas leak on Main Street will be an opportunity, rather than a detriment, for the city’s business district.

Top Stop begins remediation procedures
By John Hales
8-29-07
GUNNISON—The large, underground fuel tanks have been removed, and a remediation system has been put in place, but the cleanup of a gas leak that shut down part of Gunnison’s Main Street for a day and shut Gunnison Top Stop’s doors—probably for good—could take years.

Gasoline leak shuts down Gunnison Main Street, businesses
By Karen Prisbrey
8-15-07
GUNNISON—Gasoline fumes permeated the central business district of Gunnison on Friday, Aug. 10, forcing the closure of all businesses between Center Street and 100 South on Main Street.