The Durango City Council upholding people’s rights not to inhale second-hand smoke with last week’s ban on smoking in public places, city sidewalks, parks or within 15 feet of entrances to bars or restaurants

The U.S. Government taking a firm stance against BP, slapping the company with a $4.5 billion fine for the Deepwater Horizon spill and halting any new government contracts with the oil giant until it can show “business integrity”

Some of Grover Norquist’s former anti-tax crusaders abandoning his “no new taxes” pledge and taking a more middle-of-the-road sapproach to the fiscal cliff
 

The continued search for Dylan Redwine turning up few answers in the boy’s mysterious disappearance last week
 

The U.N. Climate Council’s declaration this week that Superstorm Sandy, and other extreme weather events including the drought gripping much of the U.S., are not a coincidence, but the new face of global climate change

 
More boring weather forecasts, dominated by high pressure, mild temps and blue skies
 

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