A healthy monsoon season restoring flows on the Animas River to normal levels after flirting with record lows earlier this summer

 
 
 
Light at the end of the New Mexico TV market tunnel, bringing hope for no more Albuquerque news, Heather Wilson political ads and blacked-out Bronco games
 
 
 
Local firefighters quickly getting the upper hand on a fire at Ken and Sue’s last week, minimizing damages to nearby businesses as well as down time for the popular eatery  

Yet another natural disaster hitting the beleaguered Colorado Springs area with last week’s devastating flash flood in Manitou Springs
 
 
 

The impending return of the West’s toxic past, with the proposed Piñon Ridge uranium mill inching ever closer to a reality in the Paradox Valley
 

 
 
   
A scary return to Cold War era and Stalinist policies with Russia’s renewed persecution of gays, including incarceration for even talking about homosexuality

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