The apparent curing of a baby born with HIV in Mississippi, giving hope to dramatically reducing the number of children living with the virus that causes AIDS
 

More delicious hand-crafted local beer with the opening of Durango’s fifth homegrown brewery, Brew

Durango’s Sandra Lee becoming the first Native American woman to compete in the U.S. National Snowshoe Championships and trying to make a difference in the diabetes and obesity epidemics that plague native peoples
 

Another tragic loss for the Durango Community, with last weekend’s avalanche death of Joe Philpott, 26
 

Yet another story of an athletic hero’s fall from grace, with South African paraplegic Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius being charged in the murder of his girlfriend

 
The first impacts of sequestration being felt, with government furloughs and cutbacks, as Congress remains stubbornly locked in a budget stalemate
 

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