High voter turnout for Tuesday’s City Council election, with 37 percent of voters turning in a ballot

Signs of life in the local construction industry, with dozers moving on the new Pediatric Partners medical offices, Horse Gulch Trailhead and the Mercury Village

The capture this week of the “Mountain Man” survivalist fugitive in Southern Utah, who had spent the last decade vandalizing and burglarizing cabins and was referred to as a “ticking time bomb” by authorities


The recent rise in high-profile white supremacist crimes, with the murder of Colorado’ prison chief as well as a Texas district attorney and his wife

 
 

Escalating tensions between North and South Korea, which could trigger a wider nuclear-arms race in North Asia and the Mideast
 

 
The recent “School Shield Program” report, in which former Rep. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) recommended arming kindergarten teachers with “everything from a sidearm, to a shotgun, to an AR-15”
 

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