West Slope Startup Week returns to Durango October 5-9, 2026, offering more than 60 free sessions across nine business tracks for over 500 entrepreneurs and investors.

A 300-pound black bear in Durango was euthanized after its stomach filled with plastic trash and cleaning wipes, a blockage that would have slowly starved it to death.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeks public input September 23 in Loveland on an updated management plan for Boyd Lake State Park, last revised nearly three decades ago.

About 500 Coloradans have completed the firearm safety course required under a new state law to purchase certain semiautomatic weapons during the first month of implementation.

The Winnebago Tribe regains 1,600 acres of Nebraska land condemned by the federal government over 50 years ago, restoring tribal sovereignty and hunting grounds.

We begin by talking with environmental reporter Delaney Nolan about how AI slop torpedoed a massive solar project in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. Next, Erin Borla, the executive director of the Roundhouse Foundation, talks philanthropy and shares some wisdom from her grandma, Gert. And Daily Yonder Culture Reporter Susannah Broun interviews filmmaker Rustin Thompson about his new documentary, “The Last Picture Shows,” which tells the story of independent, small-town movie theaters across the West. Oral historian Mi’Jan Celie Tho-Biaz stops by to invite us to a story feast, And Daily Yonder contributor Nhatt Nichols takes us to Wyoming, where Indigenous communities are working to restore native buffalo herds. Our featured musicians this week are Redd and the Paper Flowers, a “living room folk” band out of Knoxville, Tennessee.

The Supreme Court says no again to Missouri on a redistricting plan that would favor the GOP, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks spotlights Indiana first responders' patriotism and North Carolina groups call on the public to engage with state Supreme Court race.

Trump promises money as the GOP is at risk of electoral disaster, TPS for Salvadorans gets an automatic extension – although the migrants remain uncertain and George W Bush shares his memories of 9/11.

New Mexico's Department of Justice opened its trial against Facebook on Wednesday, arguing the social media company deceived users about data security and sales, citing the Cambridge Analytica scandal that exposed nearly 350,000 New Mexicans' personal information.

Wiley School calendar for September 21-October 4, 2026