Home - Durango Telegraph

Durango Telegraph

Mr. Bubbles, seen here spending the final dog days of summer in the high country./ Photo by Andy High

Beyond the blue bin

A trip through Durango’s recycling stream

How high?

New GPS system seeks to get better read on what is – and isn't – a 14er

Steps toward healing

Fort Lewis College part of effort to reconcile past Indigenous boarding schools

Painting the town

Arts Week encompasses squeegee painting, glass blowing and everything in between

Got apricots?

Glean teams help keep sanity while feeding residents, not bears

September 14, 2023

Power hungry

September 14, 2023

SPF 50

August 31, 2023

Conservatives need to take seat at climate table

August 31, 2023

Dems lunching and learning

August 31, 2023

Moms for book banning

August 31, 2023

Save planet with nuclear power

August 17, 2023

Boebert's homework

August 17, 2023

No trumped-up charges

Pre-July 2016 Archives

Durango Telegraph eEdition

Animas River at Durango,Co
Discharge, cubic feet per second

More at: waterdata.usgs.gov

The Pole

Ear to the Ground

"I'm not sure if I'll be able to get out of bed today"
--Local office worker and Jets faithful the morning after Aaron Rodgers' Achilles pop heard round the world

Spinning a yarn: Author John Fayhee coming to Maria's Bookshop; Read More

One dam solution: California farmers open to draining Lake Powell; Read More

Thumbin' It

Top tech leaders – including the holy trinity of Musk, Gates and Zuckerberg – to meet with Congress about AI regulations. Probably a good idea before it goes AWOL and takes over the world (AI, not the holy trinity).

The body of missing hiker Ian O'Brien, who disappeared in the La Plata Mountains on June 24, found in the West Mancos River.

Haiku Movie Review

The Unicorn Store

A fun, hard-working
Millennial is truly
a magical thing

~Lainie Maxson

This Week's Sign of the Downfall

Bull Sit

Lee Meyer, of Neligh, Neb., was pulled over last month for multiple traffic violations because his passenger was a 1,500-pound bull named Howdy Doody. Apparently, Lee had modified his Ford Taurus – OMG, we get it; taurus means “bull” – by removing the door and installing a platform for Howdy Doody to stand on. But Lee’s old sedan probably couldn’t do the speed limit with the extra weight, and Howdy’s massive horns were a safety concern. So, Lee received a warning, but that’s absolute BS because this was obviously a mooving violation.

September 14, 2023