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The subnivean world is a busy, important place for ecosystem health

One of my favorite things about work is the office banter that occurs when our educators plan lessons for our education and after-school programs. Last week, the education team w...

DATE: Feb 12, 2019 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

Forget beaver jokes, Canada is leader world needs

After the Canadian foreign minister, Chrystia Freeland, tweeted concern about Saudi Arabia’s imprisoning of a women’s rights activist, the crown prince there seemed to go nuts. Sa...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Light at Elmore’s Corner has a dark backstory

The traffic light at Elmore’s Corner (I call it “El No-mores”) has got to go. Drive east on “the 160” and all the lights seem to be timed. Through Bodo – green. WallyWorld – zip-a-dee-doo. H...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Discovery forces confession of affair

DEAR ABBY: Ten years ago, I had an affair with a married man that resulted in a pregnancy and then a miscarriage. I was also married at the time. Pathology testing revealed that the chil...

DATE: Feb 11, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Let’s clear up some confusion over sex ed bill

There has been lots of conversation on House Bill 19-1032, Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education. I have been asked, why in the world would you sponsor such a bill? The answer i...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the State House

Not the best of all possible worlds – but close

NEW YORK – This year’s World Economic Forum, more than usual, prompted a spirited round of elite-bashing, which has now become the trendy political posture on both right and left. ...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

The Trump Doctrine

On foreign policy, like it or not, this administration is exceeding expectations

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

County needs to surmount big challenges

The beginning of the year is always a time of high activity and change at La Plata County, and 2019 is delivering large doses of both. In January, we said goodbye to County Manage...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chair

Positive change is on the horizon

Please join Visit Durango in welcoming tourism industry executive Barbara Bowman as interim executive director. Barb brings a wealth of industry expertise to Durango from 27 years leading to...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

A Mesa Verde plate: New tags would help support national park

Instead of fake news, how about real news? Instead of political posturing and name calling, how about a project to unite us as a region and a state? How about a Mesa Verde National Park lice...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Find Perseus, the classic Greek hero in the night sky

Greetings, Stargazers. There are lots of bright stars and constellations in a clear winter sky, but somehow, I haven’t written a column about the constellation Perseus. Maybe tha...

DATE: Feb 9, 2019 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Hotel guests baffled by after-the-fact damage charges

After Doris Weller checked out of the Hampton Inn Parsippany, she assumed that she’d settled her bill. But the New Jersey hotel had a final surprise: a mysterious $250 charge to her Discover...

DATE: Feb 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

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