Mountain towns all over the West seeing sharp increases in summer tourism as well as an uptick in reservations for coming months
Durango’s Todd Wells, current national mountain bike champion, continuing to pedal through a stellar season with his third place at the Leadville Trail 100 last week
The World Health Organization declaring an official end to the swine flu pandemic, the non-event of the new millennium
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration finding 2010 to be hottest year on record and 1.22 degrees warmer than the 20th century average
Evidence that anglers’ felt soles are introducing noxious microorganisms into previously unaffected rivers and streams all over the West
Small-town politics driving the artist Christo to the brink of abandoning his “Over the River” project in Salida despite 18 years of preparation