The EPA taking a step to regulate Indian country polluters and a chance that the Four Corners Power Plant may finally come into compliance
 
The City of Durango working to enhance Main Avenue with a pilot program to allow businesses to place small tables and chairs on downtown sidewalks
 
The timely arrival of moisture, cooler temperatures and the beginning of the monsoon cycle to the precipitation-starved Four Corners
 
All of the garbage, camp furniture and empty bottles littering the Fort Lewis College rim following this year’s Fourth of July celebration
 
The year’s river season turning deadly with the July 2 death of a 26-year-old Arizona boater on South Mineral Creek near Silverton

The local game of bumper cars reaching an all-time high with the return of summer traffic season and numerous car wrecks and pile-ups all over Durango