An overall orderly and well attended Animas River Days parade last Saturday night, mostly devoid of the overlty irresponsible and sometimes dangerous displays of drunkenness of years past  
 
A dramatic drop in the price of solar panels contributing to a rise of 115 gigawatts of renewable energy in 2012, equivalent to the power generated by 1,500 nuclear reactors  
 
The long-awaited and almost cancelled 2013 Stanley Cup finals kicking off today, with what is sure to be an entertaining and brutal battle between the Bruins and Blackhawks  

Several large wildfires roaring across the state, including the Royal Gorge and Black Forest fires, the latter of which is near the site of last year’s devastating Waldo Canyon Fire in Colorado Springs

 
 
 

The latest map from the U.S. Drought Monitor showing most of Southwest Colorado in the “extreme” category and much of New Mexico in the “exceptional,” or most severely dry, category

 

 
 
   
The Obama Administration dragging its feet on signing legislation for stricter energy-efficiency and greenhouse-gas standards, which would yield $400 billion in consumer savings and reduce carbon emissions by hundreds of millions of tons by 2030

In this week's issue...

January 25, 2024
Bagging it

State plastic bag ban is in full effect, but enforcement varies

January 26, 2024
Paper chase

The Sneer is back – and no we’re not talking about Billy Idol’s comeback tour.

January 11, 2024
High and dry

New state climate report projects continued warming, declining streamflows