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A mountain biker tries to dodge the cow pies and the cows near Purgatory last weekend./ Photo by Lindsey Nicholson

Writing the book on community

Maria’s turns the page on 40 years as hub for local culture and connection

Part 2: Who speaks for the land?

West End residents voice concerns over creation of Dolores monument

Good grief

'Goodboy' takes tender look at loss through lens of joy, humor and shedding taboos

Part 1: Who speaks for the land?

West End residents voice concerns over creation of Dolores monument

Pumped up

Reforming our buildings, one heat pump at a time

October 3, 2024

An ode to autumn

October 3, 2024

Deport farm labor, and we all will pay

October 3, 2024

Taking a dive into Project 2025

October 3, 2024

Women lose freedoms, maybe even lives

September 26, 2024

Salka serves all, not just a few

September 26, 2024

Think before voting

September 26, 2024

Trump's stunning ignorance

September 26, 2024

Vote the educational ticket

Pre-July 2016 Archives

Durango Telegraph eEdition

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

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The Pole

Ear to the Ground

"It's kind of like the modern equivalent of walking into a room and forgetting what you went in there for"
--We've all been there: you go to text someone and next thing you know, you've lost an hour of your life to mindless reels

Leefapalooza: The gold rush is on, but not in the way you might think. Apparently, every Coloradan and their dog(s) flocked to the mountains last weekend to gawk at Mother Nature’s autumn splendor. And while those of us in the San Juans might have experienced minor frustration over parking at the trail head, the Front Range was a whole different sort of peeping pandemonium.; Read More

All ears: Durango’s airwaves are going to the dogs. Literally. This week, Hutton Broadcasting, based in Santa Fe, announced the launch of DoggyFM KKDoG, 99.7FM. As the name would suggest, the new station is “tailored for man’s best friend” (we would assume all other people are included in that generalization as well).; Read More

Thumbin' It

The EPA awarded a $4.9 million grant to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to cut greenhouse gas emissions from tribal natural gas sources by 29%.

The death and destruction toll continues to rise in the wake of Helene. Seems like now, with increasing storm severity, would be a really bad time to follow Project 2025's idea to gut NOAA and "disband" its climate change research arm.

Haiku Movie Review

Blink Twice

Intoxicating
thriller with memorable
malice, just desserts

~Lainie Maxson

This Week's Sign of the Downfall

The Mootrix

Sad cows don’t make much milk, and Russian cows are notoriously sad for obvious reasons. So, a few years ago, a Russian dairy farmer strapped virtual reality headsets on his cows to make them think they were in open pastures, and milk production went up 20%. A Russian tech company caught wind of the innovation and produced a larger headset designed specifically for cows, and now that feed prices are skyrocketing globally just like everything else, international dairy farmers are importing the tech to boost revenue. But fortunately for us humans, the obvious bad guys in this story, cows are color blind, so they’ll never choose the red pill and learn Kungfu.

October 3, 2024