Columnists

The Travel Troubleshooter

You don’t have to take ‘no’ for an answer

Thinking of taking “no” for an answer from a travel company? Let Alan Schroeder talk you out of it. When…

June 13, 2015

Creating Community

Bystanders can help step in to stop bullying

This may be an overstatement in some cases, but I do wonder if there are ever innocent bystanders in an…

June 13, 2015

From our Congressman

A legacy of lessons

Charles E. Schumacher left behind memories of beauty and craftsmanship

June 13, 2015

From our Congressman

A quick overview of Colorado landlord-tenant law

One question that comes up is what occurs when the period of the tenancy is over. After the lease period…

June 13, 2015

Serving Veterans

Farmington Vet Center provides readjustment counseling services

Vet Centers are community-based and are part of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Congress later extended this service to those…

June 12, 2015

Downtown Lowdown

High Rollers bring country to Strater, fresh off a hit in France

The High Rollers will perform Friday at the Henry Strater Theatre. They are bass player and vocalist Andy Janowsky, Jeff…

June 11, 2015

Culture Gulch

Summer lecture series is picture-perfect

That’s the core argument of the next presentation in the free summer lecture series, “Imagining the West,” to be held…

June 11, 2015

From our Congressman

Legislative session was rewarding

Driving over Red Mountain Pass last week to attend two town-hall meetings in Montrose, I stopped frequently to take pictures…

June 10, 2015

Durango Nature Studies

Program targets middle-schoolers to become field scientists

Eighth-graders plant willows at the Durango Nature Studies Center.Courtesy of Durango Nature Studies Durango Nature Studies strives to use STEM…

June 10, 2015

Gulliford's Travels

Where pioneers are buried: La Plata County’s historic cemeteries

“They got as far as that hill. In that deep, wheel-sucking mud, the horses wore out and could go no…

June 10, 2015

Get Growing

Choose pollinator plants, and they will help you

Bees, butterflies and hummingbirds are wonderful pollinators that provide benefit to our landscape. National Pollinator Week, June 15-21, is a…

June 10, 2015

What's up in Durango Skies

Don’t forget to look up at our nightly sky

Thanks for reading my first Thursday column. Although the nights are very short as we approach the summer solstice, there…

June 10, 2015

Neighbors

Neither rain nor hail could halt these grills

Buckley Park was hopping, and grills were sizzling as the hardy folks in our town came together for Men Who…

June 9, 2015

A Take on Tourism

A look at the summer tourism forecast

The owner of a local recreational-vehicles business just told me he just enjoyed his last Sunday off until October, and…

June 9, 2015

Neighbors

Erickson showed how teachers make a difference

Courtesy of Joe Erickson<br><br>Mary Ann Erickson, second from right, knows she touched lives as a teacher, because these former students…

June 9, 2015

Action Line

Support is flagging for downtown’s ‘Stars and Stripes’ parade

Durango’s upcoming “Stars and Stripes Parade” for Fourth of July weekend is lacking entrants. So, Action Line tweaked an idea…

June 7, 2015

The Travel Troubleshooter

Reservations about your hotel reservations

Christina Daves knows. On several occasions, she’s shopped for a hotel room online and then clicked through to make a…

June 6, 2015

From our Congressman

1941 was Durango’s last summer of peace

It would be the last peacetime summer for them. But, even then, young men were being drafted and sent off…

June 6, 2015

From our Congressman

Standardized Testing: Too much time?

Standardized testing is highly time consuming. I know this firsthand, as I am a local eighth grade student. In the…

June 6, 2015

Flies & Lies

Fly-fishing the small streams: Best of the best

With that said, small stream fly fishing is still a little ways off. This spring has been the craziest I…

June 4, 2015

Downtown Lowdown

Rebecca Frazier to front Hit and Run in Pagosa

Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent and Alison Brown all have led successful bands and forged successful careers from straight-up traditional to…

June 4, 2015

Clubhouse Porch

Staying hydrated for a busy month

Some of us do not have the luxury of getting an early tee time or a late twilight time when…

June 4, 2015

From the Extension Office

Our topsy-turvy spring yields to summer’s rituals

Sometimes they get a little screwy. Enough that there’s this uneasiness inside me, as I seem to write about their…

June 3, 2015

Authentic Aging

Don’t let fears diminish strengths of aging brain

There are so many focuses: memory with dementia and Alzheimer’s, emotional and physical changes, agility, learning, etc., and all of…

June 3, 2015