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Kindness of others helps launch dream to sail the world

Editor’s note: Kevin Schank, who graduated from Durango High School in 2004 and Fort Lewis College in 2010, is embarking on a trip to sail around the world with friends Eric Elliot, Pam O’Do...

Many not using health benefits

The Department of Veterans Affairs provides health coverage to millions of veterans. However, not all eligible veterans are accessing their health-care benefits. The VA estimates ...

Buzz Bus will try green approach to red-lined budget

There’s a rumor that the city is no longer planning to scrap the Buzz Bus. Someone told me that there are plans to have the bus run on sunflower oil or organic mead. Predictably, the City Co...

Those deliberate flight no-shows have their reasons

Even though he couldn’t use his airline ticket, Eric Smith refused to cancel his reservation on a United Airlines flight from Omaha, Neb., to Baltimore. The reason? Smith, a techn...

Fall 1918 saw war end, but killing continued

The Durango Evening Herald and the whole community cheered the end of the war. Durangoans had patriotically done their duty, “enjoying” meatless and wheatless days, and cheered as the Allied...

99 problems and some bags ain’t one

Like a couple of letter writers who have weighed in on the dreaded disposable bag issue, I am a friend of the feline. I won’t embarrass myself by revealing the precise number of these creatu...

Colorado’s water future

Without planning the entire state could experience serious shortages

Two new scientific books address food controversies

Most popular books on food either promise health and longevity for the nutritional advice they are proposing, or predict dire personal or social consequences if certain types of food choices...

The Sadies offer a midweek treat at the ACT

Dallas Good had no specific genre in mind when he formed The Sadies in the mid-’90s in Toronto. The guitar player had grown up in a musical family, the son of a member of the long...

Another notch reveals nice land, people in N.D.

My favorite holiday, Halloween, has come and gone. My second-favorite holiday, Thanksgiving, is coming up. I am thankful for all the things folks give thanks for as they sit around the Thank...

CSU research puts dementia in new light

With each decade of life, our deep fears change. Some are realized and some are not. The fear of brain deterioration, memory loss and a loss of independence affects many of us. ...

Homegrown fodder feeds horses in season of drought

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggest...