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Simple strategies to save for your next vacation

My partner, Cheri, texted me a page from a Life Hack daily calendar with the premise that if Americans weren’t too lazy to cook, we could afford plane tickets to exotic travel destinations. ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Fires and droughts should set off alarm bells

Our beloved Animas River has taken a shellacking the past few years, the most recent insults a combination of record low flows and wildfire induced mudslides. The Animas might be the blaring...

DATE: Sep 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Durango School District committed to supporting students who face challenges

Last month, I shared information on our continued Personalized Competency Based Learning work, which is designed to ensure every student in the district gains the same benefit of being well-...

DATE: Sep 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Bicycles and automobiles or is it automobiles and bicycles?

Colorado is a bicycling state, so you either ride a bicycle or at least see bicycles often. You’ll see the casual riders, weekend riders, bike-to-work riders, and there are also...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Single mom’s frustrations, pain boil to the surface

DEAR ABBY: About 20 months ago, after I found out I was pregnant, I was abandoned by the father of my child. My mother had passed away a month before. So I was grieving, shocked to disco...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Triumphant return of Tri the Rim triathlon

From 1988-2014, the Fort Lewis College Department of Housing organized the “Tri the Rim” triathlon each year in April. The event quickly became a popular initiation into triathlon season, an...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: On the Run

Rankin: Our schools are moving in the right direction

School is underway, and a highlight of the August State Board of Education meeting was to review students’ achievement measures from last year and to assess how teachers might proceed to mov...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

Iran’s gambit in Syria can still be stopped by U.S.

The Trump administration has made clear that its top priority in the Middle East is to thwart Iran’s nuclear and regional ambitions. So why is it so reluctant to lift a finger against Tehran...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Grandparent feels family slowly drifting apart

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, my son and his family moved a couple of hours away. He’s my only child. I know he’s busy with his wife, two children and his job, but I would like to hear from ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

La Plata County 4-H members shine at Colorado State Fair

The 2018 Colorado State Fair concluded earlier this month on Labor Day. Each year, many local 4-H members enter projects, participate in contests and compete in livestock, horse a...

DATE: Sep 13, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Krugman: Affordable Care still works despite GOP sabotage

Last week, Ted Cruz, the unexpectedly endangered Republican senator from Texas, warned that Beto O’Rourke, his Democratic opponent, would turn the state into California, with “tofu and silic...

DATE: Sep 12, 2018 | CATEGORY: Paul Krugman

Man’s anxieties prolong loneliness

DEAR ABBY: When I was a teenager, there were many times when I made things awkward. It continues today. I try to have normal conversations with people, but when I do, I ha...

DATE: Sep 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby