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Be Red Cross Ready with this winter-preparedness plan

It is that time of year again. Seems like it was a short summer and fall, and here we go into winter. As we move into the winter season, our thoughts turn to outdoor winter activ...

Son helping with deer is a task that will feed him in many ways

There must be ways to tastefully photograph what an animal looks like after it’s dead but before it’s on your plate. This is what I was thinking as Dan instructed Col to hold the hoof away f...

What did federal agencies do for travelers in 2013?

Ask travelers what the federal government did for them this year, and you’ll probably get a shrug, at best – or a rant about sequestration, national park closings and the Transportation Secu...

A nighttime scare while sailing to Mexico

BAHIA TORTUGA, Baja, Mexico – The adventure has begun. There are many ways to travel, each with their own quirks and problems. I have traveled by plane, train, bus, car...

Holidays have you stressed? Try reflection, meditation

While the holidays can showcase the very best parts of an individual through demonstrations of charity, caring for others and connecting with loved ones, it may also bring out the very worst...

What irks is not loss of Amdt. 66, but the lies around it

So, it came as a shock – the results of the Amendment 66 vote back on Nov. 5 – when Colorado voters resoundingly said “no” to increasing funding for the state’s schools. I guess I live in th...

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State’s payday lending reforms are a model for other states and the nation

It’s tough educating when funding is tight

Public education is one of the greater gifts a community can provide a child, and every parent hopes their child will succeed within an academic setting so they can move forward and find suc...

Home for the holidays never looked so good

On Sunday, you’ll get to see what I think are some of the great light displays in La Plata County in The Durango Herald, but as I was driving around trying to figure out the sources of the e...

Turkey Trot turning into fun, valued tradition

This year marked the 29th annual Durango Turkey Trot with a record-breaking turnout of runners, trotters and walkers earning their right to feast the day away. Matthew Krichman, ...

Do you hear what I hear? One man’s top 10 CDs of the year

Another year comes to an end, and another music snob churns out a best-of list. These are always hard. I feel like midway through the year I’m not really liking eight releases out...

The Green Side of Life

Fugate was no fugazi on a very busy and unforgiving week in this year’s 14th Gridiron Green. One of seven players to secure a 15-for-16 in Week 14, Jason Fugate of Ignacio won th...