Search the Durango Herald66°Durango, ColoradoCurrently66°Weather data from The Durango Herald and WeatherKit.orgWedHigh: 65°Low: 38°Mostly Clear0 % chance of precipitationThuHigh: 69°Low: 37°Clear0 % chance of precipitationFriHigh: 71°Low: 41°Clear0 % chance of precipitationSatHigh: 70°Low: 41°Clear0 % chance of precipitationSunHigh: 73°Low: 43°Clear0 % chance of precipitationMonHigh: 71°Low: 43°Mostly Clear0 % chance of precipitationBy Jennifer Brown The Colorado SunWhile many Colorado communities are losing their local newspapers, Custer County readers are divided between a traditional,...…Search the Durango Herald66°Durango, ColoradoCurrently66°Weather data from The Durango Herald and WeatherKit.orgWedHigh: 65°Low: 38°Mostly Clear0 % chance of precipitationThuHigh: 69°Low: 37°Clear0 % chance of precipitationFriHigh: 71°Low: 41°Clear0 % chance of precipitationSatHigh: 70°Low: 41°Clear0 % chance of precipitationSunHigh: 73°Low: 43°Clear0 % chance of precipitationMonHigh: 71°Low: 43°Mostly Clear0 % chance of precipitationBy Jennifer Brown The Colorado SunWhile many Colorado communities are losing their local newspapers, Custer County readers are divided between a traditional,...WW…

EAGLE — White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams was driving home from vacation on Aug. 10 when he glanced up and saw the plumes billowing out of Glenwood Canyon and knew a historic wildfire was coming.It wasn’t just that the flames licking up the craggy canyon walls were threatening homes, a railroad, a major highway and a power plant. It’s that the now 25,000-acre-and-growing was burning in the municipal water supply of Glenwood Springs and in the headwaters of the Colorado River watershed, which eventually slakes more than 40 million downstream users. “I knew we...…EAGLE — White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams was driving home from vacation on Aug. 10 when he glanced up and saw the plumes billowing out of Glenwood Canyon and knew a historic wildfire was coming.It wasn’t just that the flames licking up the craggy canyon walls were threatening homes, a railroad, a major highway and a power plant. It’s that the now 25,000-acre-and-growing was burning in the municipal water supply of Glenwood Springs and in the headwaters of the Colorado River watershed, which eventually slakes more than 40 million downstream users. “I knew we...WW…

By | The Denver PostThe steep drop in teen pregnancies and abortions in Colorado since 2009 is mainly due to one thing: free, low-cost access to IUDs.Intrauterine devices — tiny, T-shaped pieces of plastic placed in the uterus — are the main reason Colorado’s teen birth rate fell 54 percent and the teen abortion rate declined 64 percent in the last eight years, state health officials said Thursday.The astounding numbers, capturing the eight-year period since IUDs became an affordable option for low-income health clinics, were released along with for labor and delivery, well-baby check-ups,...…By | The Denver PostThe steep drop in teen pregnancies and abortions in Colorado since 2009 is mainly due to one thing: free, low-cost access to IUDs.Intrauterine devices — tiny, T-shaped pieces of plastic placed in the uterus — are the main reason Colorado’s teen birth rate fell 54 percent and the teen abortion rate declined 64 percent in the last eight years, state health officials said Thursday.The astounding numbers, capturing the eight-year period since IUDs became an affordable option for low-income health clinics, were released along with for labor and delivery, well-baby check-ups,...WW…