The start of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from cities and towns in Iraq and hope for an end to the war by 2011
The La Plata County Humane Society and Junior Girl Scout Troop 2991 giving away a ton of pet food to animals in need
The Obama Administration fast-tracking solar development in the West, including a San Luis Valley solar farm, which will provide power equivalent to 10 coal-fired plants  
John Salazar breaking with party lines and voting against the climate bill, claiming it would be too hard on the oil and gas industry
The rate of adult and childhood obesity climbing to obscene highs in virtually every state except Colorado
Western Slope residents who claim that a handful of new jobs at the proposed Paradox Valley uranium mill trumping public health concerns