The Durango citizens who turned out on Tuesday to protest BP oil and the company’s lackluster cleanup effort


New Mexico primary voters ensuring last week that their next governor will be a woman, and either Diane Denish or Susana Martinez

Nearby Telluride closing in on a requirement that grocery stores charge customers 25 cents for each single-use plastic bag

Another week of technological mishaps snarling Durango with Verizon going on the fritz and resurgence of Brainstorm e-mail problems

Near-record high temperatures and high winds completely decimating the local snowpack and threatening prospects of another smoky summer

Single occupant cars, the Florida Road closure and the beginning of tourism season conspiring to gridlock traffic along North Main Avenue

In this week's issue...

May 14, 2026
The quad squad

Adult skate nights, DJs and a passionate crew fuel local roller skating renaissance
 

May 14, 2026
Recharging the EV market

High gas prices, revamped incentives aimed at rural drivers may help accelerate sales 

May 14, 2026
Just how bad was it?

Warm temps, weak snowpack drive second-largest skier drop in industry history