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Durango’s littlest Cheesehead roots for mom’s team

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist When Coloradans break out the orange everything as the Denver Broncos suit up to take on the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, one little Du...

DATE: Dec 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

The Great Depression that did not ever happen

WASHINGTON — There is no mystery about Barack Obama’s greatest presidential achievement: He stopped the Great Recession from becoming the second Great Depression. True, he had plenty of help...

DATE: Dec 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

A song of joy to kick off the holiday season

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist There are some traditions that are key to making the holidays bright, and the Durango Choral Society’s “A Traditional Family Christmas...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Annual doggerel offers up a new leash on life

‘Twas the week before Christmas and all through our towns / The events of the past year brought smiles and frowns. / So readers, indulge this most heinous of verses, / You cannot be faulted ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Connecting dots while watching the Trump ‘movie’

WASHINGTON – In the Trump movie now playing in the American theater, connecting all the dots requires the artistry of a mapmaker and the insight of a psychic. Or, perhaps, the cri...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Social media often leave one more disconnected

I got my first smartphone at the ripe age of 14. Since then, barely a day has gone by in which I haven’t texted, tweeted, posted, friended, liked, called, vlogged, snapped, yakked, commented...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Students on Point

Why is theater important in education? Ask an elf!

A few weeks ago, I walked back into the dressing room after our first dress rehearsal of Elf Jr., The Musical. This is the dressing room of about 23 third-, fourth- and fifth-graders. It is ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Education

Another day, another abortion restriction

The tan business envelope is postmarked Jan. 31, 1957. It is addressed to “MISS JANEY BEBOUT,” arriving by airmail from Annapolis, Maryland. Not to her home but to the house of a sympathetic...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Clean Power Plan a key part of energy transition

Economic drivers of electric power production will dominate Colorado’s transition from coal to renewable energy sources. Let’s not miss an important economic opportunity that will be provide...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Proposed bill could protect online reviewers, until then be careful

If you’ve never heard of a strategic lawsuit against public participation, consider yourself lucky. I hadn’t either until a knock at my door on a January evening seven years ago. ...

DATE: Dec 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Nolan Reed comes home to delight music lovers

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist It’s always exciting to see a young person who grew up in Durango shine out in the world, and that’s certainly true of violinist Nolan...

DATE: Dec 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Winter weather is here: Don’t forget your pets

By Chris Nelson La Plata County Humane Society Baby, its cold outside. While I have seen a few of the more hardy La Plata County residents still wearing shorts lately, ...

DATE: Dec 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

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