Wolf Creek bucking the statewide trend last weekend and going out with a bang, with 16” of powder and a record number 227,306 skiers for the season, eclipsing the old record of 222,979 set in 2006-07
 

More signs of a recovering real estate market, with first quarter in-town home sales for Durango at their highest level in four years and the median price nudging up slightly from the same period last year
Citigroup shareholders sending a strong message to Wall Street by denying a multimillion dollar compensation package for executives of the company, which in 2008, took $45 billion in govt. bail outs

A hot, dry March obliterating the chance for a spill on the Lower Dolores River, one of the West’s most endangered river runs
 


The possibility that the colorful mural on the Everyday gas station, among the most interesting and contemporary public art displays to hit Durango in a long time, may need to come down due to a regulatory technicality
 
The current scandal rocking the General Services Administration, which operated under a culture of kickbacks and bribery all on the taxpayers’ dime, including lavish vacations and more than $800,000 on a Las Vegas conference