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Summer is the perfect time to relax and slow down

I’ve been running into many families with young children this summer, at Trimble, downtown, at the farmers market, at the river and everywhere. It’s summer! People are all out and about, enj...

In Chaco Canyon, encountering ruins and cultural riches

Hello, there! I’m checking in from the ancient Rome of the Southwest. The faint roads leading here still hint at the vanished footprints of ancient Chacoan culture. South of Dura...

Horse slaughter: Nightmare, practical answer or both?

Like it or not, horse slaughter in the United States is back. While it was in hiatus for several years, we learned much about the law of unintended consequences and the harsh realities of ho...

Nerdy parents get no summer reading help

The first couple of weeks after school ends each year, there is a certain amount of child laziness that is acceptable. After all, kids work hard throughout the academic year and deserve a bi...

Go slow on Oxbow

City should consider its impact on all those affected

Friends of Arts enjoy a whizz-bang musician

Thursday was slightly overcast and thus absolutely comfortable for a July luncheon on the veranda of Mary Husemoller’s gorgeous Lake Durango home. The occasion was the annual Dura...

Latest festival is well worth THE RIDE

Telluride needed another festival, so it made one. KOTO-FM, Telluride’s community radio station, has always hosted music events in the summer; why not add a festival into the mix ...

In modern society, most people can’t feed themselves

Idiot wind, blowing through the buttons of our coats, Blowing through the letters that we wrote. Idiot wind, blowing through the dust upon our shelves We’re ...

Rising temperatures put heat on pikas’ future

When inner tubing on the Animas starts in early June instead of mid-July, it is just one of many signs that summer is hotter than usual. Folks in Durango, who usually do fine wi...

Choose your college major carefully; it will affect student-loan repayment

Go to college to gain knowledge and become a better human being. Do what you love, and the money will follow. In today’s world, this dream needs a little substance. The right coll...

Want to grow strawberries? It’s easy and rewarding

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...

Durango High School graduate on TV searching for moolah

A 2004 graduate of Durango High School and 2010 graduate of Fort Lewis College is scheduled to appear Friday on the TNT adventure show “72 Hours.” The program is scheduled to air at 8 p.m. (...