The recent “Girls Night Out” raising $30,000 for the Womens Resource Center and its programs to empower local women

La Plata County Animal Protection Services finally stepping in to rescue two sorely neglected horses from the Red Mesa area

Hope springing eternal with the appearance of new vegetation and trees sprouting from the charred sites of this summer’s devastating Colorado wildfires
 


The national debt topping the $16 trillion mark last Friday, leading to yet another battle over the debt ceiling, as well as predictions of “financial armageddon” 
 

The emergence of a new, mysterious AIDs-like illness in the U.S. and Asia which has doctors and health officials baffled

 
The Costa Concordia shipwreck, which claimed 32 lives last January, becoming the latest tourist attraction off the Tuscan coast
 

In this week's issue...

December 18, 2025
Let it snow

Although ski areas across the West have taken a hit, there’s still hope 

December 18, 2025
Look, but don't take

Lessons in pottery theft – and remorse – from SW Colorado

December 11, 2025
Big plans

Whole Foods, 270 apartments could be coming to Durango Mall parcel