Fort Lewis bringing home the team title from the U.S. Cyclocross Nationals, the school’s second national championship of the month

The La Plata County Planning Dept. stiff-arming Wildcat Mining and its illegal access road by recommending that its permit application be denied
San Juan Citizens Alliance winning an EPA settlement that could mean controls on oil and gas compressors, the region’s second-biggest polluter
The U.S. Senate and turncoat Joe Lieberman scrapping any public option and denuding attempts at health-care reform
The City of Durango pinching pennies on snow removal and enabling potentially hazardous situations in and around downtown
The bitter irony of Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Prize just days after committing an additional 30,000 Americans to the war in Afghanistan