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Will artificial intelligence improve travel?

The Terminator wants to be your next travel agent. New artificial intelligence technologies promise to make travel a little smarter. The latest entrant is Aeromexico’s new AI-base...

Wisdom is one of few things that doesn’t diminish with age

One advantage of getting old (besides senior discounts) is that we are supposed to be wise, at least wiser than in our younger years. After all the experiences, ups and downs, ac...

Without grave site, paying tribute to mom gets creative

DEAR ABBY: My mom passed away two years ago. Because she was cremated, there is no grave site to pay tribute to her. She lived in Rhode Island; I live in Florida. My roomm...

County feels the pinch, libraries gain a reprieve, for now

Sunnyside Elementary School is more than a place where children in kindergarten through fifth grade learn to read, write, do math and navigate friendships. The school is also a community hub...

Quinlan: Independence Day - a good time to reflect on the kind of nation we want to be

There are few issues as polarizing today as the issue of what to do about the estimated 11 million people who live in the United States without authorization. The current administration has ...

Keillor: Midsummer partying with the engineers in Oslo

A splendid week in Norway and now it’s good to be back home, driving around town in my old beat-up Volvo and listening to The Drifters. Norway is a land of bicycles and public transit, lean ...

Petty: Academic ‘Hall of Fame’ sends students wrong message

I declined my induction into the Durango High School Academic Hall of Fame because the premises of this award completely disagree with the values it supposedly honors: hard work, character a...

Kefalas: Open records enter the modern age

On June 1, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Senate Bill 17-040, “Public Access to Government Files,” into law. This new law, that takes effect Aug. 9, demonstrates Colorado taking a meaningful...

America’s opioid crisis may be larger than we know

Quaaludes were popular before my time, but I saw cocaine and methamphetamine sweep the country and witnessed a renewed taste for heroin. Now, we have the “opioid crisis” – an epi...

Done at last, what in the world was I thinking?

My quest to catch a fish on my fly rod in all 50 states was not a spur of the moment thought. It evolved slowly over a number of years. Before becoming a fly fishing guide, I had ...

Boy can’t resist playing with bullies

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 12-year-old boy with some generosity problems. When my neighborhood friends come to my house, I offer them some things (food, mostly) that are strictly of...

WIC program increasing access to healthy foods

Since 2002, San Juan Basin Public Health has housed the local Women, Infants and Children program with services available through clinics in Durango, Ignacio and Pagosa Springs. ...