The $400,000 grant that was awarded to the City of Durango for construction of the Animas River Trail from its south terminus to Farmington Hill
Mother Nature cooperating with local revelers, providing some snow and pleasantly moderate temperatures for the weekend of Snowdown festivities
 

The convening of a city task force to take a closer look at the real possibility of banning single-use plastic bags, which have become the bane of civilized society in recent years
Evidence that road rage factored into a violent two-car roll over north of town that left one woman in the hospital in serious condition
Natural disasters abroad taking a steep death toll, with a snowstorm in Japan causing a bridge to collapse, killing 52, and frigid temperatures across northern Europe claiming dozens more 
The recent revelation that up until last August, McDonald’s has been using a “pink slime” of ammonium hydroxide, a chemical  used in fertilizers, cleaners and even homemade explosives, in its hamburgers