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...

September 11, 2025
Back on top

After harrowing flying accident, local highliner steps back out with renewed mission
 

September 11, 2025
New order

Rule change for Land and Water Conservation Fund raises alarms

September 4, 2025
Armed with knowledge

Local community organizers work to ensure immigrant neighbors know their rights