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Who can ask for anything more?

Let’s see: Golf on what has to be one of the most beautiful settings in the world. A delicious picnic supper. And live music performed by promising students who are excited to attend this ye...

New York City’s Met Museum sets a high bar for protest art

Chances are you’ll find a flower painting or two in the upcoming Annual Juried Exhibit at the Durango Arts Center. Scheduled to open June 21, the exhibit is in its 37th year....

Sometimes there’s no substitute for an autopsy

Autopsies cost a lot of money. At least $2,500.00 each, cost accountants say. Hospitals rarely do autopsies. Decades ago, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Inst...

Determining Bodo’s status is no walk in the park

If Bodo Park is a “park,” why are there no picnic facilities or places for children to play? Or does Durango’s definition of “park” mean weedy fields and heavy equipment surrounded by chain-...

States’ governors aim to help employ those with disabilities

Meet someone at a party or social gathering, and it’s almost guaranteed that at some point, the conversation will come around to, “what do you do for a living?” Fo...

Animas High School senior presentations did not disappoint

I was very fortunate to attend several of the Senior Project Presentations from the founding class at Animas High School last month. I was particularly interested in seeing the many Children...

Saying goodbye to Silt

A rural town transforms as the West evolves

Digging for clues to fortune inside Fenn's memoir, poem

Since appearing on “Good Morning America,” Forrest Fenn, has stirred an underground cult following. Why? Picture this: 20 troy pounds of gold coins and placer nuggets as big as a...

Good processes do not always produce results

Being a policy process nerd, things like collaborative, consensus-based efforts are, for me, unfailingly interesting. They offer several interrelated tracks of study that must align just abo...

Limited liability companies can guard personal wealth

Every month our firm gets calls from parties seeking to set up a limited liability company. However, many of these people cannot tell us why they want to form such an entity; usually it&#x92...

Reaching a hand out to our poorest neighbors

Sitting around the other night, feeling a tad fatigued, I looked at my calendar and emails and realized why. This place is hoppin’ in the best possible way. Whether it’s...

Senate Bill 252

Gov. Hickenlooper makes right move in signing imperfect measure