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Joshua Mietz is a storyteller with a clarinet

“At the heart of every great musical composition is a story.” So begins clarinetist Joshua Mietz in his program notes for his upcoming solo recital. Mietz is the featur...

When suicide isn’t: Cultures interpret death differently

Dr. Keith Campbell, the British scientist whose research in cell biology led to the 1996 cloning of Dolly the sheep, died at 58. A clone is a fully functioning, living copy created from a si...

See crime? Be safe, but report it

The Durango Police Department relies heavily on the community to report suspicious activity, crimes in progress or crimes that have just occurred. There are many times when resid...

Route 66 Finding the Mother Road

I had the ride, but not the road. I was living in Tennessee, and I’d bought my dream car, a Big Bird or 1963 pearl white Thunderbird complete with a 390-cubic-inch Ford V-8 engine, brushed a...

Crack team of researchers examine ‘Test Section’

I’m deeply curious about a quarter-mile stretch of pavement on U.S. Highway 550 North, just before Electra Lake. I’ve been cycling and driving across this “Test Section” for years and have a...

Practices and routines are perfect for the winter months

The return to Mountain Standard Time with its early evenings and the cooler temperatures and freezing nights have turned us all more indoors. It’s time for indoor projects, routines and it’s...

Looking ahead to the next legislative term

Christmas candy now sits on the store shelves instead of Halloween treats, so that tells me winter is on its way. My hope is that we have snow, and plenty of it, not just for a w...

Guns: good or bad?

Protect people, liberty with sound gun regulation

Colorado’s draconian sex-offender laws need reform

In 1855, a 19-year-old woman named Celia was executed by hanging in Missouri. Her crime? She had murdered her owner, a man who purchased her when she was just 14 years old and had been forci...

Habitat to build home for a beloved brood

It’s the kind of story you see on ABC’s “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” only this time it’s happening here, and the recipient of the home is someone who’s putting in both sweat equity and ...

5 kilometers to ultrarunner: A fitness journey

In 2009 at the age of 38, Steve Collins hit rock bottom. “I got divorced, I was overweight and a pack-a-day smoker,” Collins said. “I knew I had to change my life, I made a choic...

Intrastate favorites return to The Hank

Colorado bluegrass musicians are a hearty folk. They’re a voluminous bunch who try to live up to a rich history, steeped in the tradition of American music dating back to the 1940...