The first (and only) time I’ve ever watched “Apocalypse Now,” I was on a substance I’d rather not name. It was college, aka the time when doing stupid things on the regular was the only way to live. I spent the entire first half of the movie ranting and raving that it wasn’t accurately depicting a real apocalypse (clearly...
Google Maps will take you most of the way to Drew Miller’s latest Fortitude Ranch, but not quite all the way there. We were trying to track this place down for our story, and per Miller’s instructions, we approached the pinpoint that Google had guided us to, and then took another turn down a steep dirt road and before...
Good news, friends! We’re quickly approaching Snowdown time, the most magical time of the year in Durango. This year’s theme is Comic-Con, which means you get to dress up like, well, whatever the hell you want to. Want to be Eleven from Stranger Things? Go for it. How about some obscure anime character that no one will...
Shrooms. Eat the right ones and you might end up with super cool hallucinations. Eat the wrong ones and you’ll be bordering on death. You win some, you lose some, right? Pro tip: DON’T EAT THE ALL WHITE ONES. Those are NOT magic.
Anyway, some activists in Denver are looking to win a different kind of mushroom battle....
We’re not even sure what inappropriate joke to make about this one. Apparently a Montrose funeral home and its owner are being sued for the third time for allegedly harvesting and selling body parts without permission. YES. SELLING BODY PARTS. You read that right.
Terri Thorsby, a La Plata County resident, found out...
The first rescue Search and Rescue veteran Ron Corkish ever went on was when a young man whose overeagerness to rappel, despite his lack of experience, got him stuck on the side of a cliff.
The college-aged man had visited a climbing area near Turtle Lake to practice rappelling, since he was new to the...
There’s a place in New Mexico that’s taking that saying, “God made dirt, and dirt don’t hurt” to another level. A heavenly level.
What do we mean by that? Well, we mean El Santuario de Chimayo, of course. Known to locals as “Chimayo,” this adobe church is a well-known Catholic pilgrimage site – in fact, it’s been called...
It’s after hours at Absolute Bakery & Cafe in Mancos, but the business is far from empty. A group of women have gathered here on a Sunday evening to sip wine and cider while holding pieces of paper containing hand-scribbled notes. They’ve come here to laugh. They’ve come to tell stories. And they’ve come to chat about...
Happy anniversary, Colorado! In case you weren’t aware, January 1 was the fifth anniversary of legal weed in Colorado, which...you know...is why we’re wishing you a happy anniversary. Perhaps we should call it a weed-iversary. Who knows.
While it may seem like yesterday that the first pot shop popped up in Colorado, it...
It’s that time of year again when we sit down and decide the many ways in which we’re going to change. Losing weight, keeping our commitments, quitting smoking, spending more time outdoors, changing careers; no matter what it is, a brand new year is capable of motiving us as nothing else can. Well, until mid-February comes...
Hi there, new coverage areas! We are so stoked to welcome Mancos, Farmington, Aztec, Dolores, Pagosa Springs, Ignacio, and Cortez on board.
This is our first official issue with all of our new coverage areas in tow, and we’re itchin’ to dig into the local vibe of each new place. Cortez, we’re ready to try all your beer...
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. It’s even harder to believe that we somehow managed to survive 2018, though there were plenty of times we thought we wouldn’t.
As usual, the end of the year is the time for reflection on the past and for turning a hopeful gaze to the future. We make useless goals. We...
