Welcome rains putting a big damper, for now, on fire restrictions and extreme wildfire danger in Southwest Colorad  
 
Pope Francis publicly signaling openness to the idea of gay priests earlier this week

 		  
 
Sequestration fears having yet to materialize, with the U.S. economy growing a surprising 1.7 percent in the second quarter of 2013  
Frontier Airlines announcing they will cut winter and shoulder season flights to Durango, putting us once again at the mercy of United’s price gouging and bad service
 
 

The current state of nimbyism threatening the future of Oxbow Park and a much-needed alternative public river access

  
 
   
The recent unsolicited anti-abortion propaganda that found its way into every mailbox in Durango