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“Ore to Earth,” a sculptural tunnel by artist Kameryn Dean, shimmers in the midday sun along the Animas River Trail south of town. The work is made of welded and recycled steel from a reclaimed shipping container./ Photo by Missy Votel

Big plans

Whole Foods, 270 apartments could be coming to Durango Mall parcel

A good run

Looking back on the FLC men's storied 2005 soccer season

Nuts of wisdom

Local author's new children's book offers fascinating glimpse into animal world

Stepping down

CPW Director Jeff Davis, who oversaw wolf reintroduction, moving on to new role

Pie anxiety

Behind the scenes with Durango’s Thanksgiving pie fairies

December 11, 2025

Building resilience against disinformation

December 11, 2025

LPEA members deserve more transparency

December 11, 2025

Stand up for what is right

December 11, 2025

Paying for Trump's corruption

December 4, 2025

Citizens need answers about Flock

December 4, 2025

City can do better on emissions

December 4, 2025

LPEA battery project raises questions

November 27, 2025

ICE is watching you

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

"It's really testing my driving skills."
--– The 8th Ave. and College Drive orange- cone slalom has us all on our toes

The 19th hole: Hillcrest Golf Course’s longtime Superintendent Will Herz is heading on to greener, uh, fairways. Last week, the course announced that Herz, who has served as superintendent for 30 years, is hanging up his mower for good at the end of this season.; Read More

Thumbin' It

No, it's not just your imagination. The Durango-La Plata County Airport is busy, with a record-setting number of 259,517 travelers through November, up 13% from last year. We're always up for more flight options ... and maybe, just maybe, flights will get a little cheaper?

Ok, we all agree that the mall could use a glow up and Durango needs more housing. But a Whole Foods a mile from an existing natural grocery store and 270 apartments? Seems like overkill ... maybe a retweak is in order.

Haiku Movie Review

Ballad of a Small Player

Visually rich
but busted, ultimately
just not a winner

~Lainie Maxson

This Week's Sign of the Downfall

Waymo Better

Level 4 autonomous cars, like those used by Waymo, are allowed to operate as taxis in California without human oversight. However, Tesla’s Robotaxi uses Level 2 autonomous cars, so California requires them to keep human “safety drivers” behind the wheel just in case something goes wrong. But since Tesla’s Robotaxis still drive themselves, the human drivers get bored, which is probably why one of them keeps falling asleep. He got famous in November when a Robotaxi customer in San Francisco took a video of him sleeping on the job. After the video went viral, multiple passengers filed complaints about the same “driver.” So now, for the first time, it looks like someone is is getting fired for doing nothing on a job where you do nothing. RIP, American dream.

December 11, 2025