Our Shared Currents is a 3-part series exploring human relationships along Southwest Colorado’s waterways. These stories of unexpected commonalities go beyond traditional boundaries and competing demands. In this first episode, we learn how water systems and local wildlife connect the Rio Grande and Colorado River basins. The San Juan-Chama Project, a major transmountain diversion originating in the South San Juans and funneling water underneath the Continental Divide, is a critical lifeline for communities in New Mexico. People and nature are uniquely bound together across the Divide by these shared waters.

By Christi Bode

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This story is supported by the Greater Good Science Center and Colorado News Collaborative.

Before mountain biking caught on, Farmington already had a race. About 25 riders lined up for the first Road Apple Rally in 1981. More than four decades later, the Road Apple Rally is billed as the oldest continually running mountain bike race in the United States.

By Tanner Waite

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This story is sponsored by Durango Motor Company and Home2 Suites by Hilton.

The Aztec Fall Festival and Car Show fills Minimum Park on Saturday, Oct. 10, with a parade, live music and more than 100 cars. Farmington High and Piedra Vista meet in a key district soccer matchup Wednesday, Oct. 7. And, later that evening, singer-songwriter Sarah McQuaid performs at the Farmington Library.

By Tanner Waite

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This story is sponsored by Sunray Park and Casino and The Big Idea Makerspace at San Juan College.