Columnists

‘D2D’ exchange opens doors to experience

This spring, I am harvesting mini-kales, mini-mustards, spinach and green-leaf and red-leaf lettuces. These tasty greens from my garden get…

June 4, 2014

Clubhouse Porch

Fort Lewis finally adds women’s golf to its clubhouse

Back when I mentioned this, Durango High School had at least two very talented young female golfers who would have…

June 3, 2014

Columnists

Mehaffie and crew deserve kudos for tapas

Joel Jones, center, makes a toast to Music Director and Conductor Arthur Post, right, at the end of his 12th…

June 3, 2014

What's Up Downtown

Downtown all dressed up for fun in the sun

Got paint? The City Streets Department applies the annual fresh coat of paint to all downtown curbs and crosswalks, which…

June 2, 2014

View from the Fort

Arts don’t take summer break at Fort Lewis

Art faculty are literally traveling around the world. Teaching, taking students on tours and exhibiting work is a common summer…

June 2, 2014

John Peel

Exercising the mind pays off

college-bound youths, lifting books as good as lifting weights

May 31, 2014

Action Line

Not everyone is a rooter for city’s sewer-line insurance

First, this general observation: Why the outrage over the city finding a program in which homeowners could potentially save money?…

May 31, 2014

On Real Estate

Setting price determined by variety of factors

Homes are filled with memories and generally have been tailored to fit the owner’s tastes and styles. There might be…

May 31, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

‘Let me be a mountain of love and firm boundaries’

Me: “Yes.” Rose: “Not pigment.” Me: “What?” Rose: “Pigment. You know, the hard, flat stuff on the ground.” Me: “Asphalt?”…

May 31, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Five common travel mistakes: Avoid them

But simple as that sounds, in practice it’s not always that easy. Let me say right from the outset that…

May 31, 2014

Letter from Korla

adventure extends to the dinner table

May 31, 2014

Columnists

Questions about VA health-care coverage? Read on

If I’m enrolled in a Veterans health-care program, do I meet the federal requirement for health-care coverage? Yes. If you…

May 31, 2014

From our Congressman

The Great Depression came late to Durango

UUU Durango Herald-Democrat Dec. 24-25, 1929 (combined issue): “Brokerage house workers were reaping the highest harvest of gold this Christmas…

May 31, 2014

From our Congressman

Death and politics

capital punishment to be an issue in this year’s Colorado governor’s election

May 31, 2014

Columnists

Sending our young women into the world

Of course, the graduation ceremony is the seminal rite of passage for moving into adulthood, but for several years, the…

May 30, 2014

On Real Estate

Tips to help move slow-moving home

the Pueblo Chieftan Like the U.S. economy as a whole, the real estate market is supposed to be recovering. And…

May 30, 2014

Duane Smith

The Blues Train rolls out this weekend

Music on a train was documented in the film “Festival Express,” which featured The Band, The Grateful Dead, Buddy Guy,…

May 29, 2014

Clubhouse Porch

Remember the approach shot to the green that caromed off the grandstand and eased its way toward the hole? I…

May 28, 2014

From our Congressman

Thank you to those who have served

We are not sure if we were lucky compared to the veterans at home today whose own country men and…

May 28, 2014

From the Extension Office

Studies discount difference between organic, conventional foods

Selecting organic produce based on nutritional or contaminant/pesticide content has not been supported by research. Analytical analysis consistently is hampered…

May 28, 2014

Thinking Green

Change requires becoming unreasonable

You know the one I’m talking about. Well-coiffed, prudent, good with money – he exudes an air of paternal stability,…

May 28, 2014

Money Savvy

Homeownership is a great thing if you’re ready

You’ve heard the clichés about homeownership: It makes financial sense compared with renting. It’s one of the best investments you…

May 26, 2014

Murder Ink

For fast readers, here’s a list to keep you busy

The most gripping and certainly the most unusual is The Farm by Tom Rob Smith, a June 3 release by…

May 26, 2014

Action Line

Green has become the new black on certain area roads

Courtney Callahan of the Durango Smoke Shop, right, and Misty Tucson of 6th Street Salon & Spa ignore their parents’…

May 25, 2014