What caught my attention was his reference to Vaclav Havel, the Czech political dissident who spoke about refusing to participate in the “automated” rituals of false ideology – symbolized by a green ...

The Durango Derby is back. After taking a year off in 2025 while the road to the race venue in Durango Mesa Park was built, organizers Dave Hagen and Dylan Stucki say the race is back for 2026. This ...

Unfortunately, the City made what I think was a conscious decision not to install a baffle on the downstream end of the basin that would allow sediment to settle out because that would have meant ...

It’s happening earlier and earlier every year. At the start of the new millennium, the black bears living around Durango typically started emerging from their winter dens around mid-April. Today, ...

The piece on drug marketing by Addyson Santese was hilarious. These commercials are one of my severe annoyances. The drugs they are trying to sell are probably unaffordable for anyone making less than ...

There are very few things I can say that would absolutely wreck a relationship for me without nuance or context. That’s one of them. It doesn’t matter if we “believe” in human-caused global warming or ...

Mark Redwine was booked into the La Plata County Jail at 4:56 p.m. Monday following extradition from Whatcom County, in northwestern Washington. La Plata County Sheriff’s deputies took custody of ...

The American healthcare system stands at a dangerous crossroad – one that millions can feel in their wallets, health and daily lives. Insurance premiums have soared far faster than wages and inflation ...

Concerning the article “Cracking Down” (1/08/2026). I want to acknowledge that the City of Durango’s park rangers have a very difficult and likely thankless job enforcing rules and regulations in our ...

Most Durango folks recognize that America is “having seizures,” as armed masked gangs use lethal violence to attack and round up innocent people, with no legal redress or accountability. Some compare ...

Colorado's growth rate slowed to just 0.4% from July 2024-25, the slowest rate since 1989. Despite the slowing, Denver is still attracting new residents at the third-fastest rate in the nation. / ...

And maybe therein lies the answer to the Minnesota riddle. It’s not that bad things happen there, it’s how people there ...