Columnists

Water transfer bill top of docket

My first bill has been introduced, and it addresses lawn irrigation in new subdivisions when the water used is transferred…

January 13, 2014

Culture Gulch

A festival reinvented

An exploratory jam session turned St. Mark’s Episcopal Church into a cool jazz club. Loaded with improvisation, the oak-pewed concert…

January 12, 2014

Coroner's Report

Doctors cheating on board exams? I don’t think so

Every medical specialty is overseen by a board of doctors prominent in that field. This board administers examinations – passage…

January 12, 2014

Green Medicine

Time can provide better health care

Time is also a rare commodity in conventional health care. The average time a primary-care doctor gets to spend with…

January 12, 2014

Action Line

A 6-word sign requiring a 159-word explanation

Perhaps this sign is an advertisement for “bike detection” services from a guy named “Lane” who can be found at…

Gulliford's Travels

Recapture Canyon

An illegal ATV trail stirs up cloud of controversy

To Protect and Serve

Learn about law enforcement in Citizens’ Police Academy

If you answered yes to any of those questions, then we want you. The Durango Police Department is proud to…

Creating Community

Developmental disability wish list for the new year

In keeping with the New Year spirit, I would like to offer the following wish list for people with developmental…

Patient Parenting

Review: Solutions to parenting issues today

Courtesy photo Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet (1923) In 2003, Robert Shaw, M.D., wrote a book called The Epidemic: Raising Secure,…

Dog Protection Act seeks to cut dog shootings by police

In January, mixed-breed Ziggy was shot and killed in his own yard in Commerce City by an officer responding to…

Protecting cervical health starts with vaccine

Dicksondu1-i-syn Cervical cancer is caused by certain types of HPV, or human papilloma virus, a very common sexually transmitted infection.…

Wildfire prevention

Fighting fires is necessary, but mitigation is smarter, safer and cheaper

Neighbors

Agnew honored as Volunteer of the Year by WRC

Shauna Agnew accepts the award for Volunteer of the Year from the Women’s Resource Center on Tuesday evening at the…

January 10, 2014

On the Run

Zumba a good complement to running regimen

I began participating in Zumba two years ago as I wanted something fun and different to complement my running, biking…

January 9, 2014

Your Ecological House

Geoengineering: Can it curtail climate change?

– Saying attributed to Bedouin tribesmen It’s been creeping up on us for a couple of decades. It’s been the…

Durango Nature Studies

Even busy beavers take a break in chilly Jan.

In January, family-oriented beavers take refuge from the cold and breed in their well-constructed lodges.Courtesy of Sally Shuffield Despite best…

From the Extension Office

Test your home for radon

January is National Radon Awareness Month and with our snow and frozen ground comes the opportunity for you to find…

The Green Side of Life

WWMPD? Phillips picks ’em ‘from the gut’

What Would Mike Phillips Do? He is our Gridiron Green seer also known as “Commute29.” Phillips would pick a bunch…