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Despite sign, chamber doesn’t handle sewage

There’s an interesting sign along the highway across from Bodo Industrial Park that says “Tourist Information,” and right below is a symbol for a septic dump station. Is this some sort of ad...

HPV vaccine a safe way to prevent cancer

Cancer research has come a long way in recent years. For some researchers, the “holy grail” is a vaccine to prevent cancer. Imagine that you could create a safe, effective vaccine...

Law enforcement dedicates many hours to Redwine case

Before I start this article about the young man, Dylan Redwine, I want to offer my deepest sympathies to his family and friends. This tragedy has without a doubt devastated those closest to ...

Adults, like kids, should be getting vaccinations

Getting a shot at any age is not a pleasurable experience. For some, it’s akin to getting a filling. However, you do feel that you’ve achieved something – protecting yourself against a disea...

Don’t tempt fate: Confirm your hotel reservation

A two-night stay at the Driftwood Inn in Chestertown, Md., was supposed to cost Bruce Romano $138 through a website called HotelPlus Destination Portal, as long as he prepaid for his accommo...

Disability benefits forms streamline process

Disability benefits questionnaires are downloadable forms created for veterans to use in the evaluation process for disability claims. DBQs were developed to streamline the collection of nec...

On river trip, going with the flow helps clear the mind

Way back in spring, we were invited on a San Juan River trip. And though we’re terrestrial types who don’t much aspire to leave the county, the multi-night river trip seems like a rite of pa...

From Boxers to business, it was a new century

“Our Little Brown Brother” continued putting up a strong fight in the Philippines which embarrassed the Army, but that was not the end of American adventures. Now this once isolationist coun...

Thinking of running for the board?

Six of the seven seats on the District 9-R Board of Education will be up for re-election in the fall. Three will be four-year seats, and three will be two-year seats. In order to run for any...

School District 9-R

Candidates needed for six seats on the school board

Consider both risks and benefits of using plastic bags

The debate about plastic bags has taken a prominent place in the Durango news in the last couple of weeks after a majority of City Council members announced they would vote for a 10-cent cha...

Recovering from this year, counting down to next

Call it festival fatigue or a festival hangover, but music lovers are still recovering from what may well have been the finest season ever of Music in the Mountains. (And since I...