Social conflict

Local News

Durango’s Community Relations Commission resurrected with refined mission

board re-imagined after predecessor collapsed over Columbus Day post

August 22, 2024

Local News

Southern Utes ask Colorado Parks and Wildlife to restrict wolf releases to northern zone

a letter, tribe asks for broader recognition of sovereignty

March 28, 2023

Local News

Durango’s storied history with homelessness: Can we become a ‘model community’?

Imminent closing of Purple Cliffs renews a complex history of unhoused camping, community action

July 16, 2022

Local News

Abortion advocates, opponents look to a post-Roe future in Durango and Colorado

likely to see more women traveling from Texas, Utah and Arizona for procedure

July 3, 2022

Local News

La Plata County doubles-down on plan to close Purple Cliffs this year

failed efforts to establish a managed camp, officials say dispersed camping can no longer continue

June 17, 2022

Local News

La Plata County commissioners terminate managed camp contract

Limitations identified during due diligence process led to concerns about size of site

June 14, 2022

Local News

Residents of Purple Cliffs want a say in move to managed camp

in unhoused community feel burned by the county, city and local advocacy groups

June 8, 2022

Local News

List of locations for a managed homeless camp in Durango grows

Plata County and city of Durango vetting 18 additional sites after protest from residents

January 31, 2022

Local News

Durango contends with problematic city names

‘How do we approach this?’

February 10, 2021

Local News

NYT columnist David Brooks to tackle trust, divided nation in upcoming talk

Solutions come from bottom up, he says

February 8, 2021

Local News

Bayfield takes slow, steady approach to racial equity effort

trustees support formation of citizens group, mayor says

September 24, 2020

Nation & World

Clashes, oil blockades over France’s economic future

Riot police officers take cover as they clash with protestors during a demonstration held as part of nationwide labor actions…

May 26, 2016

Nation & World

Greece sets up detention camps as refugee deal hits delays

A migrant boy shouts a slogan during a protest demanding the opening of the border between Greece and Macedonia in…

March 20, 2016

Nation & World

UNICEF: More than 80 percent of Syria children harmed by war

Peter Salama, the agency’s regional chief, called on donor countries to make good on money pledges made at a Syria…

March 14, 2016

Nation & World

Israel’s liberal artists decry attempts to limit expression

FILE – In this Sunday, June 21, 2015 file photo, Israeli Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev speaks during…

January 30, 2016

Nation & World

U.S. flies B-52 over South Korea after North’s nuclear test

The low-level flight in Osan, south of Seoul, follows South Korea’s decision to resume propaganda broadcasts across the demilitarized zone…

January 10, 2016

Nation & World

College presidents defend importance of free speech

Yale University students and faculty rally to demand that Yale become more inclusive to all students on Cross Campus in…

November 22, 2015

Local News

198 ways to cause nonviolent change

Einstein Institution speaker shares ideas

October 1, 2014