Social Conflict

Durango’s Community Relations Commission resurrected with refined mission

City board re-imagined after predecessor collapsed over Columbus Day post

DATE: Aug 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

In a letter, tribe asks for broader recognition of sovereignty

DATE: Mar 28, 2023 | CATEGORY: 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

DATE: Jul 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

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

DATE: Jul 3, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

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

DATE: Jun 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County commissioners terminate managed camp contract

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

DATE: Jun 14, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

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

DATE: Jun 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

List of locations for a managed homeless camp in Durango grows

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

DATE: Jan 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango contends with problematic city names

‘How do we approach this?’

DATE: Feb 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

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

Solutions come from bottom up, he says

DATE: Feb 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bayfield takes slow, steady approach to racial equity effort

Town trustees support formation of citizens group, mayor says

DATE: Sep 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

Clashes, oil blockades over France’s economic future

PARIS – Volley after volley of tear gas poisoned the Paris air Thursday, as authorities struggled against nationwide strikes and a groundswell of public anger at a high-stakes government att...

DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

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