New chief executive of La Plata Electric Association, Chris Hansen, is diving into the carrot bin to incentivize electrification. This month, LPEA announced it has created or increased three financial ...

New Devo Executive Director Nate Greason taking a break to ham it up with his junior Devo riders last summer. In addition to being an avid bikepacker and skier, Greason, a native of Bainbridge Island, ...

Rural communities are seeing a boom in renewable energy development. Whether it’s wind or solar, communities reap the benefits from increased tax revenues, new jobs and local lease payments. Better ...

One of the root causes of unaffordability in Durango is the growing wage gap. Our local government cannot stop inflation, reduce costs of goods, or directly impact the real estate market and its ...

Claiming there’s an energy “emergency” when America’s oil and gas production is at an all-time high is laughable. The only emergency today is that Donald Trump’s oil billionaire friends want to enrich ...

Typically, PAR has about 100 dogs a year that need foster care. However, last year, Parker could only find homes for 80, and ...

With less dissention, a more honorable voice ...

News of the death of Jimmy Carter was very sad, and I took time to reflect on his life. He is known for doing more in his post-presidency than any other president, working around the world to help ...

I retired in Durango in 2000, and back then we had three post offices in town: the main one downtown on 8th Street; a contract office at 32nd and Main; and one in the Durango Mall. The north and south ...

It’s been 10 years since locals Peter Carver and Joe Philpott died in separate avalanche incidents. Since then, the nonprofit organization founded in their memory, Know the Snow Fund, has raised tens ...

Ah, the question you’re asking might well be this: Is there a place in society anymore for the bookworm? Your seatmate should have been more concerned about whether you had a blanket over your lap, ...