The return of Frontier Airlines to the Durango/La Plata airport, with flights to Denver and Las Vegas scheduled to start June 4
Concrete steps in addressing the homeless and affordable housing situation in Durango with construction of Espero Apartments, which will provide 40 one-bedroom units for disabled, low-income or unhoused community members
Another win for affordable housing with residents of the Riverview Mobile Home Park banding together to buy the property from its corporate owners, helping to secure their housing futures
Another blow for COVID vaccination efforts, with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine halted pending further review of a possible link to a rare blood clotting disorder
A new study that found one in three COVID survivors was diagnosed with a brain or psychiatric disorder within six months, suggesting the pandemic could lead to a wave of mental and neurological problems
Continued police brutality against unarmed Black men, with the shooting death of Duante Wright in Minnesota and the pepper-spraying of uniformed Army Lt. Caron Nozario in Virginia
