Another serious concern is safety. LPEA says the risk of fire is low, but “low” is not the same as “zero,” and battery failures, even with safer lithium-iron-phosphate chemistry, still require strict ...

Local author Kate Siber will be hosting a booksigning event for her new children’s book, "The Hidden Wisdom of Animals," ...

That day, I was carrying a petition I had written to end our Police Department’s contract with Flock Safety, the private, mass-surveillance technology start-up that operates the network of 21 video ...

This work can be done without sacrificing other city priorities. According to Pool’s presentation, Aspen, with a similar budget to Durango’s, allocates several million dollars to climate and ...

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, ...

I look forward to reading Jonathan Thompson’s new book River of Lost Souls, about the Gold King Mine disaster. The popular myth is that the river was named after members of a party of Spanish ...

Ask your representative and senator to approve “Canyons Law: HR 4180/S.2179” to ban use of M-44 cyanide bombs to kill wildlife on public lands and to ban Wildlife Services from killing wildlife on ...

Be on the lookout! Wildlife officials are urging people to use some extra caution after a mountain lion charged a hiker early one morning last week in Overend Mountain Park, on the west side of ...

If you’re planning a late-summer mushroom hunt or Hermosa Creek ride, be forewarned. The Hermosa Park Road, aka FR 578 – the one that parallels Purgatory’s backside – will be closed Aug. 19 – Sept. 13 ...

This week, we bring you Part 2 of our “Meet the Candidates,” with Colorado House District 59 candidates Clark Craig (Republican) and Katie Stewart (Democrat.) The two are running to fill the seat ...

Jeff Davis announced Tuesday he will move to the Colorado Department of Natural Resources as a senior policy advisor for strategic priorities. Replacing him as interim director is retired Maj. Gen.

A new study by CU Boulder carries a warning for one of the Rocky Mountains’ most iconic animals, the American pika. The small ...