Devo dominating last weekend’s National MTB Championships in Sun Valley, Idaho, racing to three first-place victories

Recent rains leading to full containment of the Waldo Canyon Fire and Gov. Hickenlooper’s lifting of the statewide fire ban last week

The City of Durango taking progressive steps toward reducing waste, with plans for singlestream recycling in the works and councilors supporting a small fee for plastic bags
 

Mudslides adding insult to injury with the Weber Fire, closing roads, stranding campers and damaging homes
 


The sad and untimely death of a Canadian climber, who slipped and fell 230 feet from Windom Peak on Sunday, two weeks into a three-week climbing trip

 
The U.S. suffering the highest anxiety rate in the world, with one in five of the  40 million U.S. adults affected, according to the World Health Organization