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...

May 15, 2025
End of the trail

Despite tariff pause, Colorado bike company can’t hang on through supply chain chaos

May 8, 2025
Shared pain

Dismal trend highlights need to cut usage in Upper Basin, too

April 24, 2025
A tale of two bills

Nuclear gets all the hype, but optimizing infrastructure will have bigger impact