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...

January 25, 2024
Bagging it

State plastic bag ban is in full effect, but enforcement varies

January 26, 2024
Paper chase

The Sneer is back – and no we’re not talking about Billy Idol’s comeback tour.

January 11, 2024
High and dry

New state climate report projects continued warming, declining streamflows