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Feb. 8, 2024 - Volume XXIII, No. 5

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"Scuba Pie" by local artist extraordinaire Jon Bailey

Keeping watch on Kane Creek

Keeping watch on Kane Creek

Beloved Moab area slated for luxury resort and condos

Turf wars

Bill limiting nonfunctional, non-native turf clears Colorado Senate

Bagging it

State plastic bag ban is in full effect, but enforcement varies

Paper chase

The Sneer is back – and no we’re not talking about Billy Idol’s comeback tour.

High and dry

New state climate report projects continued warming, declining streamflows

February 8, 2024

No reason to import Boebert

February 8, 2024

Rebuild Palestine

February 8, 2024

Safety not art on ART

February 1, 2024

Sign petition to get abortion rights on ballot

February 1, 2024

The writing is on the wall

February 1, 2024

Despite headlines, work is getting done

January 25, 2024

'Euclidean Winter'

January 25, 2024

A little off base

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

""His social batteries are running low.""
--– Gen tik tok on another way of saying, "he needs some alone time."

Sun's out, buns out: For an upcoming girls ski weekend at Sunlight Mountain Resort, you can leave your boots on – but not much else. On March 29-30, the small, privately owned resort near Glenwood Springs will host the all-female “Boot Tan Fest,” complete with an end-of-day naked ski lap.; Read More

It’s a sad day for frequent road-trippers to Denver. The endearingly risqué gas station/convenience store chain Kum & Go is changing its name.

If you need to take a moment to cry into your Kum & Go koozie or sweatshirt, it’s OK.

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Thumbin' It

HBD LPC! La Plata County is 150 years old this week. Stop by the Animas Museum on Saturday and have some cake and maybe learn a thing or two about local history.

We know, we know – precipitation is good – but we can't leave this one alone. Torrential rain in Colorado in February. Devastating floods in California. Really, El Niño? We thought you were our friend.

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Haiku Movie Review

Arkansas

The cleverest, most
star studded neo-noir film
you've never heard of

~Lainie Maxson

This Week's Sign of the Downfall

Chicken Sicks

An influencer going by “John” has eaten raw chicken online every day since Jan. 19. In his videos, John eats uncooked chicken paired with different seasonings and dipping sauces, and he washes it down with raw eggs to speed up his public suicide. Thousands of people have commented on John’s posts with salmonella warnings, but he also has a fanbase that eggs him on. John says he’ll continue until he gets a “tummy ache.” But really, since John is a grown man who uses the word “tummy,” most people hope he’ll keep going until he’s out of the gene pool.

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