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Failed legal experiments – in weed and water

Colorado’s rejection of the prohibition experiment in favor of reasonable regulation of adult recreational marijuana presents a mind-opening example of…

Legislating for safety

laws and their advocates aim to address complex problem

Election letters

Transportation just one of many Durango changes

Marbury The City Council was in the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering parade. Colorado cobalt blue skies, cheering crowds, girls with…

Everyone likes a chance to get dirty

Joe “Buck” D’Aleo and Cathy Walker work on the raised beds at Ohana Kuleana Community Garden. The beds will allow…

One last hoorah for local band Baby Toro

Guitarist and vocalist Lindsay Isbell and guitarist and vocalist Hardison Collins created a unique and original sound well outside of…

The Green Side of Life

Alison Foote of Aztec, aka MissAli23, snapped an eight-player tie for first place with a well-guessed 45-21 tiebreaker in the…

The magic of compounding will make your nest egg grow

Being wealthy, in my personal definition, is not about earning more, it’s about saving consistently. The simple fact is that…

The danger of living on forest’s edge

Her home, in a pleasant development in a hilly, forested Urban Wildlife Interface Zone (UWIZ) at the edge of our…

Living on the Waiver Wire

For my fantasy football money, St. Louis Rams running back Tre Mason is the back to target in a deep…

Guests enjoy feast and Bread for Manna

From left, Kathy Tonnessen, executive director of Manna Soup Kitchen, and fellow Bread for Manna organizer Laura Bohachevsky work with…

Holidays are when downtown really shines

Walsworth The good news is we’re moving into the time of year when downtown is “The” place to be. Kudos…

Little-known art gem just up the stairs at DAC

The Art Library, conceived by local artist Mary Ellen Long and former DAC Director Brian Wagner, began as a rough…

Trees on sculpture ‘isle’ have always been on agenda

The Arc of History is now partly masked by trees. Could trees be called the “Bark of History”?STEVE LEWIS/Durango Herald…

Outbreak turns Ebola into a moving target

The fact of the matter is that the current pace of the outbreak makes it something of a moving target.…

Hurry: Enjoy these fleeting, disjointed thoughts

Winter bears down on Pigeon Peak in the Needle Mountains on Wednesday, with fall in the foreground. In town, conditions…

Do you know what to do in case of a house fire?

The most effective way to protect yourself and your home from fire is to identify and remove fire hazards. Sixty…

Feel lousy? Get some sleep

When we don’t receive a good night’s rest, we can experience a variety of challenging symptoms the next day, such…

Willingness, boundaries are pillars of balance

Last month, our friend Maja and her three kids led us through the spruce trees on a mushroom-picking foray, followed…

Home values continue to appreciate

The previous high was in 2006, reaching $335,000 for all residential real estate in La Plata County, and the new…

Off-months spent focused on wildfire and water

Seeing more of the mountaintops with snow is also beautiful. That snow is making an appearance at higher elevations gives…

Criminals over victims? Speed implementation

Sigman Think about these numbers: In 2013, there were 14,827 murders committed in the United States, but only 39 people…

Practice is ineffective, costly, barbaric and mistake-ridden

Application of the death penalty is highly arbitrary and often biased, depending upon location, money, race, mental illness, the personal…

Chad Novak’s heart is still beating strong at Escalante

Hise You can see this in the statistics compiled by the researchers at Gallup in their latest State of America’s…