Perhaps the final nail in Desert Rock’s coffin with the loss of its funding source and political support on the Navajo Nation


Cogentrix Energy announcing plans to build a 30-megawatt concentrated solar plant – the largest of its kind – in the San Luis Valley

Colorado’s primary election shaking up voters and being hailed as a national bellwether for the current state of the political landscape

Violence in Afghanistan hitting hard at home with the recent murder of Durango humanitarian Tom Grams

The U.S. Forest Service setting up K-9 units in remote corners of the San Juans in an effort to bust Phish fans en route to last week’s Telluride shows

Lance Armstrong citing a sore hip as cause to pull out of the Leadville Trail 100 less than a week before the starting gun

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