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Public education contains tension between individual, collective

The promise of public education is about to be renewed. When school doors across the nation reopen, the liberty of summer will transform into the obligation of autumn. Students and staff w...

Rain and summer events come to life in the 59th District

After our poor winter snowpack, continued drought in the spring and fires around the state, we were excited to see the beginning of our monsoon season starting in late June. Havi...

A dream deferred

Fifty years on, King’s vision far from reality

Rakowski honored by Gov. John Hickenlooper

AmeriCorps is an exciting concept, engaging more than 80,000 Americans in service at nonprofits, schools, public agencies and community and faith-based groups. Since its founding in 1994, mo...

Wranglers celebrate 25 years of Gary Cook

It began June 2, 1969, a month and a half before Apollo 11 and four months before the Amazin’ Mets. That’s when the Bar-D Wranglers took the stage for the first time north of Dura...

When it comes to mines, bonding is important issue

The recent series in The Durango Herald about mining issues and water quality in the upper Animas River basin highlight an all too common problem: The question of how to handle the legacy of...

Why are some bear seasons easier?

When bumping into folks, I can pretty much guarantee hearing one of two things: some bear story about something from somewhere or their take on the current bear season – usually along the li...

4-H volunteers, participants make a leader proud

Volunteers are the heart of 4-H. Each year, I am continually grateful and appreciative for the hard work and dedication the La Plata County 4-H volunteers exhibit. This wonderful...

Quilts, jams, bunnies and barbecue at the fair

There was something for everyone at the La Plata County Fair last week, but for young people involved in 4-H, it was the week of the year. The La Plata County 4-H Council has 17 4...

Clubhouse Porch

First, it was the person with the colored wig and hand-held poster in the gallery. That anyway appears to have disappeared. Now it is time for the PGA to put a stop t...

No need to travel to New York City; opera comes here

This story is a triumph for small town America. Beginning Oct. 4, The MET: Live in HD will return to Durango. Ten transmissions of matinee performances at the Metropolitan Opera i...

From beginning to end, Mom was my best friend

As a kid, I was a loner. I don’t recall much teasing or bullying, just isolation. I wished for friends, but my interests (anything to do with science) were so different from the interests of...