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Ballot Cheatsheet: Part 2
10/24/2024
Ballot Cheatsheet: Part 2
By Missy Votel

Demystifying this year's massive ballot

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Meet the Candidates: Part 2
10/24/2024
Meet the Candidates: Part 2

State representative hopefuls sound off, and a glimpse at the other races

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Ballot Cheatsheet: Part 1
10/17/2024
Ballot Cheatsheet: Part 1

Commissioner hopefuls sound off, and what’s up with local ballot measures

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Reclaiming access
10/10/2024
Reclaiming access
By Ann Marie Swan

Potential new Four Corners clinic could better serve rural reproductive care needs
 

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The Pole

A big save
10/31/2024

Here’s a little bit of good news in a week where it seems like the world is going to, well, garbage. An iconic headwaters in the San Juan Mountains has been saved from getting trashed in perpetuity.

Run, Joey, run
10/24/2024

We’ve all heard of “Who let the dogs out?” But what about the kangaroo?

Lost and found
10/17/2024

With snow in the forecast – several feet by some predictions – locals’ minds are no doubt shifting somewhat abruptly from bikes to skis. But if the trip to the gear closet or garage found your winter kit somewhat lacking, perhaps it’s time for a little bargain-hunting road trip.

Taking it easy
10/17/2024

And speaking of biking, there’s good news for those who are, shall we say, vertically averse. The City of Durango announced this week it is adding a new connector trail in the Twin Buttes system.  The new trail, roughly a half mile long, will provide a more user-friendly connection between the Cliffrock Loop downhill and the Upper Twin Buttes uphill, aka “switchbacks of death.” 

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