The Outdoor Industry Association threatening to pull its bi-annual Outdoor Retailer trade show from Salt Lake City if Gov. Gary Herbert doesn’t stop his takeover and planned pillaging of federal lands

Durangoan Todd Wells finishing 10th in the Olympic mountain bike competition on Sunday, a national and personal best for Wells, starring in his third Games
 

The City of Durango’s announcement that singlestream recycling could be a reality as soon as next spring
 


The recent rash of animal carnage on area roadways, including numerous deer and a handful of large bears
 

A new rash of wildfires raging across the Pacific Northwest and Southern California, spewing smoke and haze as far as Durango

 
July 2012 going down as the hottest July on record in the continental U.S., with an average temperature of 77.6 degrees, eclipsing the old record set during the Dust Bowl in 1936
 

In this week's issue...

May 15, 2025
End of the trail

Despite tariff pause, Colorado bike company can’t hang on through supply chain chaos

May 8, 2025
Shared pain

Dismal trend highlights need to cut usage in Upper Basin, too

April 24, 2025
A tale of two bills

Nuclear gets all the hype, but optimizing infrastructure will have bigger impact