Lines on La Posta Road are a black-and-white issue

What’s up with the black line painted on La Posta Road (County Road 213)? Is this a new traffic feature that drivers need to be aware of? – Larry Zauberis Generally speaking, driv...

DATE: Dec 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Frank Bruni: Thinking of building a wall? Jared is on the case!

Jared Kushner just got a promotion. Another one. And it’s perfect. The pallid princeling is now responsible for speeding construction of the border wall. Josh Dawsey and Nick Miro...

DATE: Dec 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Watching the Mercury transit and seeing our fragile condition

Fort Lewis College professor Charlie Hakes, who writes the astronomy column for The Durango Herald, set up a solar telescope with two different viewing lenses and filters in the third-floor ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

There are ways to make your trips eco-friendlier

Whether you’re feeling flight-shamed, hotel-shamed or just plain shamed for being a traveler, chances are you’re probably wondering how to reduce your carbon footprint when you travel. Even ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Ross Douthat: At least a President Sanders might leave us alone

The Democratic Party needs a nominee, but right now, it has a train wreck instead. The front-runner seems too old for the job and is poised to lose the first two primary season contests. The...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Don’t pass the Buck

In 2008, an effort to encourage shopping local brought some characters to life. I have to admit this was great fun, as it inspired our creativity, and with the help of Neil Hannum (graphic a...

DATE: Dec 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Bullied sister can’t wait to leave home

Dear Abby: I have a very toxic relationship with my older sister. I still live at home, although I’ll be leaving for college in a few years. Abby, she has been emotionally ab...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

It’s beginning to look a lot like flu season

If you’ve noticed a dramatic uptick in sneezing, coughing and tissue waving in the last few weeks, it isn’t a fever dream. Yes, along with the ethereal first dusting of snow, all the Christm...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Keeping score

It’s Christmas time again. Once, it was my least favorite time of the year. But with the creation of the “Wild Bunch,” it has become my absolute favorite time of the year. With t...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Katie Farnan: Find your own candidate in the Senate primary race

It’s just over six months until Colorado holds its June 2020 Senate primary, and the outcome will determine who snags the Democratic nomination against Cory Gardner in November. G...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

David Brooks: What you feel changes what you sense

This has been a golden age for brain research. We now have amazing brain scans that show which networks in the brain ramp up during different activities. But this emphasis on the brain has s...

DATE: Dec 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

J.P. Harris and The Tough Choices bringing honky-tonk country to Dolores

J.P. Harris isn’t afraid of the back roads. A lot of bands on tour stick to the interstates, hitting Salt Lake City, Denver, Lawrence, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Philadelphia in...

DATE: Dec 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

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