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Land near Chaco Canyon receives protections

This week the Biden administration took action to safeguard lands surrounding Chaco Canyon from impacts associated with encroaching oil and gas extraction. The Department of Interior announ...

DATE: Nov 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Why a managed camp for the unhoused might be right for Durango

While homelessness is a controversial topic, few would argue that addressing it is not a straightforward matter. Rather, it is a complex and multifaceted issue that demands a spectrum of sol...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Opinion

4-H clubs focus on service during season of giving

Every November, I am overwhelmed with a feeling of gratefulness. The month starts off with Veterans Day, a day where we all think about the heroes of our nation and give thanks for their sa...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

What skills will Durango School District graduates need to succeed?

What should our students know, do and be like by the time they graduate? What skills and dispositions will they need for the future? These questions will be the focus of a communitywide cam...

DATE: Nov 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Magic Beans thrives on supportive musical community

They’re a band that exists in a fertile musical community built out of a fertile musical community. It’s no secret that the Front Range of Colorado has a solid jam-band scene, based around ...

DATE: Nov 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

No time to waste addressing the climate crisis – pass the Build Back Better Act

From the quiet of the backcountry, we have seen and experienced the climate changing. Larger wildfires, unpredictable flash floods, hotter heat waves, bigger storms and longer droughts have...

DATE: Nov 17, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Cheating and ‘diet culture’

The notion of “cheating” when adopting healthier eating habits that serve us better creates a trap of self-sabotage that many of us fall into and then justify with some elaborate, sophistica...

DATE: Nov 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Durango welcome mat needs some shaking

Dear Action Line: My husband and I retired here five years ago and we love Durango. We enjoy all of the outdoor activities that come with living in the mountains. The restaurants in Dura...

DATE: Nov 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Mercy Hospital provider statement – our commitment to caring for our community

It was disheartening to read the letter titled, “Context for petition to improve health care” submitted by business leaders and “17 concerned physicians.” However, we thank the community me...

DATE: Nov 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Celebrate Christmas and support San Juan Mountains Association by buying a tree

Here at San Juan Mountains Association, we have experienced a bustling, exciting and fulfilling summer and fall. Whether it be our educators running science-based summer camps for youths, o...

DATE: Nov 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Harry Goulding, Monument Valley, Hollywood and yellowcake

A Durango man’s complicated legacy on the Navajo Nation

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Constellations small and dim, but a joy to find

Greetings, stargazers. There are 88 keys on a piano, but I have yet to find a connection between that number and the fact there are also 88 constellations in the sky. Except, perhaps, that s...

DATE: Nov 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies