The long-awaited and highly anticipated arrival of the summer monsoons, quenching parched landscapes, fires and weary residents throughout the Four Corners  
 
Durango City Council taking a brave and bold step toward protecting long-term community interests and health by preliminarily approving a 10-cent fee on plastic bags
 		  
 
50 percent reductions in the cost of health care plans in New York, a reduction credited to the new health care exchanges under Obamacare that will hopefully bode well for other states  
The latest case of pertussis, or whooping cough, in La Plata County, bringing the yearly total of cases of the deadly but preventable disease to five
 
 

A recent study that shows drought, warming temperatures and population demands will conspire to outstrip the water supply of the Colorado River within 50 years

  
 
   
The not guilty verdict in the highly publicized George Zimmermann-Trayvon Martin case reigniting racial tensions and violence throughout the country