Durango’s young mountain bikers bringing home the gold, with seven national titles at last weekend’s USA Cycling Cross Country Championships in Allentown, Penn.
 
 
 
LPEA divvying up $2.5 million in refunds to more than 38,000 customers in Southwest Colorado
 
 
 
Durango’s overtaxed and aromatic wastewater treatment plan being awarded more than $1 million in state funds for much-needed upgrades  

A week of fizzling afternoon monsoons, in which black, menacing clouds roll in but deliver little in the way of precipitation
 
 

Federal funds from offshore drilling, that are earmarked for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, being siphoned off to other areas not related to environmental preservation efforts

 
 
   
A lot of talk but little real change in gun laws or attitudes a year after widespread outrage over the Aurora theatre massacre

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