Mother Nature and snowmaking crews furnishing Purgatory with surprisingly good skiing on opening weekend


  American businesses earning $1.659 trillion in profits through the third quarter, the highest rate in 60 years

Ten different coal-fired power plants all over the U.S. announcing in the last 18 months that they will go the way of natural gas

The end of a Durango era with Hogan’s announcing its closure after more than 80 years of downtown business

Durango law enforcement responding to more than 50 fender-benders in the 24 hours after snow started falling last Sunday morning

San Luis Valley billionaire Louis Moore Bacon trying to throw a wrench in Xcel Energy and Tri-State Generation’s plans for a southern Colorado solar farm


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