Columnists

Relax: How to create a relaxing bedroom

Erin Whitedu1-i-syn First, think about furniture placement. There are all sorts of feng shui and folklore guidelines regarding best placement…

Keep Lake Nighthorse quiet

Last spring, I wrote an opinion piece about the lake because I felt the subject merited a continued conversation in…

Hospital provider fee benefits

McLachlandu1-i-syn When it’s a matter of sickness and health, the consequences are real. Understandably so, almost nothing in recent years…

This is what school choice looks like

Rankindu1-i-syn Charter schools are public schools that are founded by parents, teachers or community members. They provide alternative educational programs…

National Endowment for the Arts more than government agency

Butlerdu1-i-syn Although a government agency is not a human life, the obituary I read last week profoundly affected me. It…

How Steve Bannon failed his father and not AT&T

The stock was then selling for about $29 a share. It’s now around $42. A big mistake bailing out, Bannon…

4-H members weigh in steers, participate in ag expo

It’s a great time of year to hear the birds chirping and feel spring in the air. The winter moisture…

U.S. House lacks common sense and compassion

Kathleen Parkerdu1-i-syn The Senate is poised to consider the resolution this week. Distilled to its essence, Alaska’s politicians want to…

BLM office refuses to share public comments about heli-skiing in Silverton

Really? Truth be told, no. But have you ever noticed how the Dalai Lama is a veritable tour de force…

Protecting America’s public lands

Roosevelt’s vision—that the people should hold public lands—has inspired our state’s great legacy: more than a third of Colorado is…

GOP health care plan leads to the end of an era

David Brooksdu1-i-syn That era began around 1974, when Ted Kennedy introduced a bill to supplement America’s employer-based insurance system with…

Charities offer best help for panhandlers

The issues of homelessness and panhandling are sometimes related, but many times they are two separate things. Local research shows…

Spring is sprung for locals’ birthdays and anniversaries

Neighbors Columnist Flowers are abloom for the birthdays of: Cathy Roberts, Joan Sippy, Mary Shaw, Bethany Bieth, Robert Ludwig, Jane…

Connecting the dots between Trump and Russia

du1-i-syn After seven weeks of President Donald Trump, I owe “House of Cards” an apology. Nothing seems impossible any more.…

Community Foundation, businesses give to nonprofits

La Plata Electric Association donated more than $322,000 to the communities it serves in 2016, including $100,000 to Fort Lewis…

The Republic House plan to poison Obamacare

du1-i-syn The Republican House health care plan would apply a similar slow-working toxin to the Affordable Care Act. In this…

Thrift store workers curb diving by talking trash

Action Line is thrilled to offer free legal advice. Just remember that the only bar Action Line has been admitted…

Plan now to take care of the people you love

There is no time like the present to plan for a transfer of assets upon death. If there has been…

Vote “for” 1A: Remove fluoride from city water

Forleodu1-i-syn Fact 1: Three of five members of the Durango Utilities Commission, the water advisory board to City Council, recommended…

Vote “against” 1A: Fluoride protects our health

Bealldu1-i-syn Effectively combating tooth decay requires a multipronged approach – water fluoridation, healthy diet, good home care including brushing with…

From the Statehouse: on ground water, coal rolling and charter schools

Representative Don Coramdu1-i-syn In my last column, I mentioned that Senate Bill 36, “Appellate Process Concerning Groundwater Decisions,” had recently…

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Will long airport lines plague spring-break travelers?

Associated Press file You do, don’t you? That’s when Transportation Security Administration screening wait times doubled under the weight of…