The introduction last week of the Hermosa Watershed Protection Act, which would remove 108,000 acres from future roads, drilling, mining or development and designate 38,000 acres as wilderness

The anticipated opening of the 2012 London Summer Games, turning the world’s attention for a few weeks from war and strife to camaraderie and good will
 


More signs of economic recovery, with the City reporting sales tax receipts up 11.2 percent this June over last, bringing the total year-to-date uptick to 6 percent over 2011

Last weekend’s short-lived Air Park Fire offering a sober reminder that we are not out of the woods yet when it comes to the threat of wildfire


 
 


The seemingly illogical spike in Colorado gun sales in the wake of the Aurora massacre, with a 41 percent increase in background checks for people wanting to buy firearms 

 
 Consensus that U.S. poverty levels will near 16 percent this year, the highest since the 1960s and the “War on Poverty”
 

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