Columnists

Good Dirt Radio toasts the earth – and itself

The people behind a five-minute radio program heard on local public radio and other stations called “Good Dirt Radio” will…

April 24, 2014

From the Extension Office

4-H can help kids mature into adults

Harrisdu1-i-syn Samantha, who enrolled in the program when she was 5 years old, is the daughter of 4-H dog leader…

April 23, 2014

Your Ecological House

This summer, let a solar oven cook for you

– Thomas Alva Edison Science is all “whiz-bang!” to today’s media-saturated kids. They think everything flies, transforms and explodes, Hollywood…

April 23, 2014

Get Growing

Eager to get gardening? Here’s what to plant now

By Darrin Parmenter ’Tis the season to be jolly. Gardening season that is. With daytime temperatures in the 60s and…

April 23, 2014

Clubhouse Porch

One big advantage will be the posting of the winners in the Chili Pepper Challenge, which annually falls on a…

April 23, 2014

Neighbors

Madonna, Batman and friends bowl for Big Brothers

Gail Aalund, all decked out for the 1980s theme, picks up her ball for her next roll at Bowl for…

April 22, 2014

Thoughts Along The Way

Bailing banks out: We don’t like it, but we do it

So, it was bailed out. The first time the axiom “too big to fail,” that is moral hazard, reared its…

April 21, 2014

Murder Ink

Noir fiction ‘How’s the Pain?’ is a sleeper

Noir is an English corruption of the French word noire, meaning dark, and is usually associated with American “hardboiled” crime…

April 21, 2014

Action Line

Action Line City fire-infrastructure signs spark curiosity

Action Line tried to contact the Fire Department of Connecticut. A quick Google search showed 335 individual fire departments and…

April 20, 2014

John Peel

The true (?) story of spring weather, Cortés

Spring golf doesn’t always work out as planned. Chuck Slothower finishes off the 17th hole on April 13 while the…

April 20, 2014

La Plata Health Watch

Early detection aids autism treatment

The results, compiled from 11 different locations throughout the United States by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, indicated…

April 20, 2014

On Real Estate

Inventory impacting local housing market

In a nutshell, the number of properties sold in Colorado and in our local area has dropped in the first…

April 19, 2014

From our Congressman

Budget is done, but work isn’t over

The budget then went to the Senate, and I would like to thank Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass, and Sen. Ellen…

April 19, 2014

Creating Community

Advocates raise awareness of mental health in May

During the month of May, advocates for mental health and activists across the country draw attention to mental-health issues by…

April 19, 2014

Adventures in Motherhood

Sometimes it’s good to get out in the desert and simply ‘be’

There’s always that feeling, zooming away from home, car crammed with stuff, that we’ve forgotten something vital. That our busy…

April 19, 2014

From our Congressman

Students, teachers paying for voters’ inattention

du1-i-syn We have overheard which teachers are being laid off; we have watched our teachers stressing out, worrying about who…

April 19, 2014

From our Congressman

Stick to the ‘Colorado way’

and oil provide vital benefits to the people of this state

April 19, 2014

From our Congressman

Cuts have 9-R choosing between teachers and tests

Hisedu1-i-syn Beginning next fall, there will be 24 fewer teachers returning to our district. That is about 7 percent of…

April 19, 2014

Neighbors

Daddys’ little girls dance night away

Matt Bong dances with daughter Dellia Bong during the 5th Annual Durango Daddy-Daughter Dance Friday night. The dance was hosted…

April 18, 2014

Durango Dog Tales

Eight steps to teaching your dog to come

Does this scenario seem familiar to you? “Molly, come.” (Molly sniffs the ground.) “Molly, come!” (Molly looks up but goes…

April 17, 2014

Downtown Lowdown

Bluegrass festival to be focus of documentary

The cameras and lights were documenting all of the Meltdown for a forthcoming documentary about the ins and outs of…

April 17, 2014

Clubhouse Porch

Many people do not follow golf, but there are plenty who do. Some watch The Masters just because of its…

April 16, 2014

From our Congressman

Budget, school finance still to be settled before session ends

Although the weather seems confusing, the calendar is not, and we have just a few weeks left to this legislative…

April 16, 2014

From the Extension Office

Everyone leaving this world needs to have an estate plan

Half of the documents are to provide instruction for distribution of your assets after your death. The other half outlines…

April 16, 2014