News coming to surface of a potentially racially motivated murder of an unarmed Florida teen by a trigger-happy neighborhood watch director, who remains free.



The Nuclear Regulatory Commission coming down on the side of opponents of the Piñon Ridge uranium mill, ordering a do-over of the license permitting process

Monday’s bonus spring snowstorm bringing a foot of snow to the mountains and offering winter-loving locals one more powder day this season
Central and southern Mexico’s somewhat miraculous reprieve from widespread death and devastation from Tuesday’s 7.4 magnitude earthquake
Recent revelations that a mostly unremorseful Mike Daisey fabricated large parts of his now-retracted “This American Life” story on poor labor conditions at a Chinese ipod-ipad factory
 
The La Plata County Board of Commissioners rejecting the long-awaited La Plata Climate and Energy Action Plan on grounds it was “too expensive,” leading to local political déjà vu all over again
 

 

In this week's issue...

January 25, 2024
Bagging it

State plastic bag ban is in full effect, but enforcement varies

January 26, 2024
Paper chase

The Sneer is back – and no we’re not talking about Billy Idol’s comeback tour.

January 11, 2024
High and dry

New state climate report projects continued warming, declining streamflows