This Sunday’s Home Grown Festival putting the spotlight on the importance of the local harvest


Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, ending weeks of deadlock by becoming the Health Care Bill’s lone Republican supporter and allowing the historic legislation to move forward

Durango schools celebrating National School Lunch Week by getting an abundance of locally grown food on the menu

The denial of health care benefits by Rocky Mountain Health Plans for an infant on the grounds that he was “obese,” a move that was later rescinded only due to national news coverage

New Mexico’s “CO2 is Green” group launching a ridiculous ad campaign lauding the benefits of more carbon dioxide to the planet’s plants and trees

Constant traffic confusion along E. Third Avenue, courtesy of drivers who don’t know how to negotiate the islands

In this week's issue...

December 18, 2025
Let it snow

Although ski areas across the West have taken a hit, there’s still hope 

December 18, 2025
Look, but don't take

Lessons in pottery theft – and remorse – from SW Colorado

December 11, 2025
Big plans

Whole Foods, 270 apartments could be coming to Durango Mall parcel