Continued bee die-offs, with local beekeepers reporting a much-higher than normal mortality rate, which is partially being blamed on pesticides



Colorado Senate Democrats passing a renewable-energy bill on Monday that would require LPEA’s supplier Tri-State to get 25 percent of its power from renewable energy by 2020
 

A new study by CU Boulder that found exercise may help prevent and perhaps even reverse some of the damage associated with a big night out on the town

More snow for Colorado’s mountains this week, boosting the snowpack in the northern parts of the state as high as 88 percent of average

Another week of nuclear winter and dustbowl conditions in Southwest Colorado, where snowpack remained at a paltry 61 percent of average
 
 

Yet another inexplicable act of death and destruction with Monday’s “crock pot” bombing of the Boston Marathon, which killed three and critically wounded nearly 200 innocent people
 

 
 
 

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