The local community for supporting the Durango Telegraph, bringing an alternative voice to Durango and beyond for the last 10 years 
The countless hours of work and dedication that went into bringing the USA Pro Challenge to town, giving locals and the world a reason to celebrate Durango and its awesome cycling legacy
The engineer and passengers of the Eureka and Palisade train that saved Silverton resident Jerry Lyle on Monday after he slipped from a cliff and fell

Last weekend’s sketchy and senseless murder of a Fort Lewis College student, in which alcohol use on the part of the suspect likely played a key role
 

Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., for not only overstepping his boundaries by making ludicrous and outrageous remarks about rape but following it up with the defense that he merely “misspoke one word.”
 
The Oklahoma school that required a kindergartner to turn his Michigan T-shirt inside out because it violated the Oklahoma-only paraphernalia policy
 

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