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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...

Thom Chacon is a selective undercard

Since I began writing this column about six years ago, I’ve met loads of musicians and written about most of them. Many I’ve seen, and many I haven’t. As for the ones I haven’t se...

Drought affects decisions about where to fish

If you’re a farmer, rancher or fly-fisherman, your theme song most likely is “Rain, Rain, Come Again and Again and Again.” The only way you’re not aware there is a drought in Sou...

80:20 rule: A simple path to health

Well, now, who would have expected it? Eating more produce and certain grains may help prevent the development of multiple chronic diseases. This is the conclusion from a study i...

BLM trading the irreplaceable for the fleeting

Some trade-offs are hard. Whether to go with a high-deductible health insurance plan and risk the $5,000 to $10,000 charges should you get hurt or go with higher monthly payments and have le...