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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I attended the Planning Commission meeting regarding the proposed RV park at the south end of San Juan County. My husband and I are homeowners and taxpayers at Cascade Village and are opposed to this ...

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 ...

What extraordinary times these are! On April 21, my term as mayor comes to an end. In a reflection of how life in Durango has changed, I’ll pass the gavel virtually. As tradition would have it, Mayor ...