The City of Durango officially purchasing the Cameron-Sterk property, aka “The Beach,” providing much-needed public access north of 32nd Street

Coal falling out of favor with the nation’s utilities, with the amount of electricity generated from coal predicted to drop below 40 percent, the lowest since World War II

The volunteers who have spent countless hours on the Durango Botanical Society’s new interpretive garden along the flanks of the River Trail at the library

The High Park Fire threatening hundreds of homes and stymying firefighters as they try to gain a hand on the mostly uncontained 47,000-acre blaze near Fort Collins
 

Yet another fatal car crash on area roads, this time taking four lives and seriously injuring another, making this one of the deadliest years for accidents in recent memory

 
Female members of the Michigan Legislature being banned from discussions on the state house floor for using the dreaded “V” word (vagina, there we said it.)