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Housing costs in Durango continue to balloon. To take this pressure off students, Stella Zhu, basic needs coordinator, created a three-pronged rapid re-housing program that has helped dozens avoid homelessness and housing insecurity. 

Heidi Steltzer, professor of Environment & Sustainability, sat down with Inside Climate News to discuss a new phase of "post-industrial" forest re-spiritualization posited by researchers in Ecology & Society last year. Steltzer said that while forest spirituality is increasingly apparent, it never vanished.

In a column for The Durango Herald, Ben Waddell, associate professor of Sociology, examines why first-generation immigrants from Latin America experience the lowest rates of suicide in the nation. Waddell believes this phenomenon in the Latinx community is rooted in a cultural tendency to maintain strong social networks, which increase happiness and satisfaction with life.

Despite raising $64,550, the La Plata County GOP performed poorly in the 2022 midterm elections. Paul DeBell, assistant professor of Political Science, said the bipartisan rejection of Trumpism, concerns over abortion rights, and crucial statewide ballot measures likely swayed results.