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Downtown Lowdown

Halfway through the year in music

Like most music geeks who also are writers, I’m compiling what will be my Top 10 list throughout the year,…

June 27, 2013

From the Extension Office

At farmers market, learn about food

If you get me talking about broad topics such as farming, gardening, landscaping or even baseball for that matter, you…

June 26, 2013

Get Growing

Manure containing herbicides may damage garden

By Jama Crawford For many gardeners, an application of livestock manure to the compost pile is a rite of autumn.…

June 26, 2013

Your Ecological House

A climate for change about climate change?

– Steven Earl Salmony, 7 Billion Actions.org Brad wrote: “As far as climate change goes, I would agree that the…

June 26, 2013

From our Congressman

Public editorial board meeting

Topics for Thursdayâ€™s session will be: Parking and access to Animas River. Transgender discrimination. Supreme Court and voting rights. For…

June 25, 2013

Neighbors

Saturday in the park with Friends of the Arts

Cindy Cortese, left, and Judy Fairchild, right, admire a piece of art created by Kristi Nelson Cohen, center, at the…

June 25, 2013

Clubhouse Porch

Get the golf juices flowing with the annual Choker

This event gets the creative juices flowing the evening prior to the event, as the Calcutta will be held Friday…

June 24, 2013

Money Savvy

Stupid is the ‘new smart’ in artisan economy

Artisans are quietly reshaping our economy by creating unique products or services with their hands, mind and heart. Their work…

June 24, 2013

Murder Ink

The Other Typist – a mystery – is about obsession

Rindell lives in New York City and is a Ph. D. candidate in American modernist literature at Rice University in…

June 24, 2013

La Plata Health Watch

Distraction from pain can help or hurt

I first learned about pain distraction early on while in rural practice – not in medical school or formal training.…

June 23, 2013

Creating Community

Having nonprofit does not make you tax exempt entity

To be a tax-exempt organization, you must apply to the IRS using Form 1023 for 501(c)(3) status (23 pages) or…

June 22, 2013

Treasure Hunter

If you can’t hunt one treasure, find another

Strawndu1-i-syn When I started as a full-time, freewheelin’, rolling-stone-type treasure hunter, I was covered in stardust, and treasure was just…

June 22, 2013

What's up in Durango Skies

Light pollution can steal stars from night sky

I recently received some new lights for the Old Fort Lewis campus, where the observatory is. These new lights are…

June 22, 2013

Action Line

New water station not awash in icky incidents

The city was outraged, too, and they followed up with the sordid septic suspect. But it’s not as bad as…

June 22, 2013

Stewards of the Land

Summertime means butterflies, flowers

What is a butterfly? According to indepthinfo.com, “butterflies are a member of the insect family and, together with moths, make…

June 22, 2013

From our Congressman

Fire

the scenes, firefighting is a complex business of coordinating the right resources, the right place and the right fire

June 22, 2013

Policy and Politics

Emotion often trumps reason in tough calls

It is bad sport, I suppose, to pick on Bachmann for these outlandish remarks, but one premise of hers is…

June 22, 2013

Population Matters

Time to officially repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery

Charlie cited Darfur. This region of Sudan has been at war for a decade now, with 300,000 people slaughtered. It…

June 22, 2013

Neighbors

Flying golf balls kick off event

Not only was Flight for Life the beneficiary of the Columbine Duet Classic golf tournament, it helped get the day…

June 21, 2013

Durango Dog Tales

Reduce stress during visits to veterinarian

Vet visits don’t need to be difficult for either you or your dog if you follow a few basic steps…

June 20, 2013

Downtown Lowdown

Even in glory days, Rochester wasn’t so glorious

While that history is full of romantic tales of the Old West, complete with trains, Victorian-era homes and dress, the…

June 20, 2013

From the Extension Office

High-altitude adjustments will raise your baking game

Here in La Plata County these cooking and baking problems are caused by high altitude as well as the semi-arid…

June 19, 2013

Thinking Green

A new wilderness within expanse of the San Juans

The San Juans are known worldwide as the spectacular mountains we all know and love. Their beauty and wildness are…

June 19, 2013

Bear Smart

Electric fencing will keep bears out of the coop

An electric fence protects a chicken coop near Vallecito Reservoir. The energizer can be seen at the far left.Courtesy of…

June 19, 2013