Columnists

What to tell our kids about our warming world?

– Charles Fillmore, American theologian “What kind of stories do you write?” my granddaughter asked. “I mostly write about the…

December 25, 2013

The Green Side of Life

The Durangoan picked 14-of-16 correctly and scored a one-point victory over a pair of unlucky 13s. The 15 other champions…

December 25, 2013

Bottom Line

Valuing your ‘investment’ is always important

Most will be thinking in terms of sales, gross margins, profits, cash flow or growth and how to increase those…

December 24, 2013

Columnists

A singing, jingling Durango Rotary Christmas

Don Mapel leads the multigenerational crowd in a rousing “The Twelve Days of Christmas” at the Rotary Club of Durango’s…

December 24, 2013

Murder Ink

Newcomer revives old-style, murder-mystery genre

Terry Shames is a newcomer, having published her first two mysteries in the span of six months, and on her…

December 23, 2013

Action Line

Annual doggerel’s bite goes from bad to verse

Events of the past year brought smirks or a frown; We’ll look at what happened, events you all know ’em;…

December 22, 2013

La Plata Health Watch

New guidelines get specific about cholesterol control

Let’s see what good Dr. Clark has to enlighten us about today: “Lowering your cholesterol to prevent heart attack and…

December 22, 2013

What's up in Durango Skies

In 2014, you can help keep the night sky dark

You probably heard that comet ISON didn’t survive to light up our December skies. What you might not know, however,…

December 21, 2013

Stewards of the Land

Slow down, look, listen to enjoy winter wonderland

Snowshoers trek through Chris Park north of Durango during a Winter Discovery Walk put on by San Juan Mountains Association.…

December 21, 2013

From our Congressman

Public land

More than environmentalism; protecting a valuable driver of our recreation economy

December 21, 2013

Policy and Politics

Season fueled by countless transactions

After the fact, it is like looking into a cozy snowglobe, evoking warm feelings of rituals nurtured. Somehow we delude…

December 21, 2013

Population Matters

How I honor my father in a rapidly changing world

Louis Grossman, my father, was born 112 years ago this month in the little farm village of Teplik of Czarist…

December 21, 2013

Neighbors

A truly ornamental party for the holidays

Suzanne Zerbe, left, and Lucy Olson admire an ornament being auctioned at the Tuesday Literary Club’s Holiday Party, which was…

December 20, 2013

Durango Dog Tales

Socialization key to raising well-adjusted dog

With exposure, humans become accustomed to a wide variety of people and environments and gain confidence in their abilities to…

December 19, 2013

Downtown Lowdown

Sugar Thieves steal into town for one night at Derailed Saloon

The Sugar Thieves include, from left, Mikel Lander, Meridith Moore, Jeff Naylor, David Libman (front) and Shea Marshall. The Tempe,…

December 19, 2013

The Green Side of Life

Somehow in the utter chaos of Week 15 in the National Football League, the Bayfield resident with the “master” handle…

December 18, 2013

Your Ecological House

Give the gift of time, companionship this Christmas

– Dr. Seuss Had enough yet? First, there was Black Friday. Then came Gray Saturday, Savers’ Sunday, Cyber Monday and…

December 18, 2013

From the Extension Office

Skip vitamins, try real food to improve health

Instead of focusing on eating nutrient-dense foods, people have been willing to pay big money to swallow more than a…

December 18, 2013

Thinking Green

A harsh, costly legacy left by dirty energy

The legacy of uranium mining and milling pollution left in the Four Corners region is well-known but poorly understood. Earlier…

December 18, 2013

What's Up Downtown

He sees you when you’re shopping

Each department was dripping with Yuletide décor. The music was blaring an off-tune old carol, And fake snow was falling…

December 17, 2013

Neighbors

Big Brothers Big Sisters enjoys some Seasons

Wayne Barger, co-owner of Seasons Rotisserie & Grill along with his wife, Karen Barger, gets a hug from a patron…

December 17, 2013

Durango School News

District raising bar to improve student learning

Our teachers, support staff members and administrators are working hard to adjust our practices and embrace new expectations that will…

December 17, 2013

La Plata Health Watch

Listen here, be safe to ensure holiday cheer

He was bundled up warm in layers of wool so as not to catch cold like a jolly old fool.…

December 15, 2013

Action Line

City bold to bag meters but balks when bagging deer

The bagged meters are the city’s Christmas present to the petulant parking public. Some 1,000 old-school parking meters will be…

December 15, 2013