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Will long airport lines plague spring-break travelers?

If you’re already bracing for a long airport security line during the spring break travel season, then you must remember last year. You do, don’t you? That’s when Transportation S...

DATE: Mar 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Inclusion event for people with differences comes to Durango

Social justice does not discriminate. Any time a person or group of people experiences a loss of rights or violence based on a perceived difference, it is injustice. It matters not what the ...

DATE: Mar 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Condo or townhouse? What’s the difference?

The common characteristic shared by condominiums, townhomes and planned unit developments is that the ownership of the home also involves the ownership of common areas. Examples ...

DATE: Mar 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Friends ask community to help family hit with medical woes

By Ann Butler Neighbors columnist Health care is much in the news today, but the subject isn’t just about policy discussions and maneuvering – it’s about real families ...

DATE: Mar 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Time and time again : The MET stages contemporary ‘La Traviata’

Time is the big villain in Verdi’s “La Traviata,” and in case you don’t get it, director Wily Decker puts a huge clock on stage even before the overture begins. At 11 Saturday mo...

DATE: Mar 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

To a degree, the ‘administrative state’ is here to stay

WASHINGTON – Just what White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon meant when he recently suggested “deconstructing the administrative state” is unclear. To critics, he would gut...

DATE: Mar 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

La Plata County residents mark another year

The forecast is mostly sunny with a brief chance of showers for the birthdays of: Bev Sinclair, Sean Franklin, Diann Wylie, Katie Thompson, Larry Crawford, Callie Huckins, Whitney Huckins, M...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Welcome to town, now respect the mountain

With Arizona’s spring break in full swing and Texas’ spring break around the corner, allow me to officially say welcome to Durango and Purgatory Resort to all the tourists. Thank you for cho...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Snowsports Tips From Tex

Running through grief

As we travel along this journey we call life, we do not have to look far beyond our community of family and friends to recognize how fragile and fleeting it can be. While we spend...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: On the Run

Take a look at Taurus to see Seven Sisters

Greetings, stargazers. Spring will be here with the equinox, but before then, we have to set our clocks forward, which gives me another chance to complain about having to follow...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Marie Ogden’s search for truth in the Utah desert

In 1933, in the depths of the Great Depression, 49-year-old Marie Ogden, a spiritualist and millennial Christian, moved to Dry Valley in San Juan County, Utah, to establish a religious colon...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Seven years later, still no real alternative from GOP

According to Politico, a Trump confidante says that the man in the Oval Office – or more often at Mar-a-Lago – is “tired of everyone thinking his presidency is screwed up.” Pro ti...

DATE: Mar 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.