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 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 ...

An average American might believe that, since the United States is the richest country in the world, that would translate into it being the happiest country in the world. Not so. Not even close. Based ...

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 ...

We are a Fort Lewis College Water Justice class. As a class, we are proposing a resolution to City Council regarding granting rights to the Animas River. We have surveyed the community on their ...

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 ...

What if you were living in a trailer with no heat, or perhaps in your car or just on the street in Durango and the nighttime temperature was frigid … in fact, life-threateningly cold? The Emergency ...