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Children should expect to have clean water at school

Lead can seriously change the trajectory of a child’s life. Studies show that lead is never safe in a child’s body. Exposure can seriously affect a child’s IQ, attention span and create nume...

Disabilities services in Colorado facing a perfect storm

The idea of a “perfect storm” is that in rare circumstances, a combination of independent factors comes together in such a way to create a calamity far worse than the sum of its parts. In fa...

Showing up is what gets the work done

This being the last column I have the privilege to write for The Durango Herald, there’s a certain pressure I feel to pen a magnum opus of sorts. Let me pour some cold water on th...

Letting go of fear and living in Love

For those of us in churches that follow a liturgical calendar, the celebration of Holy Week is here. It began with Palm Sunday, the day Christians remember Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem at Pas...

Mired in the present, U.S. will miss clean energy future

When Henry Ford introduced the Model T in 1908, America had almost no paved roads outside the cities. One of the early owners’ biggest headaches was tires punctured by horseshoe nails left o...

The secret to $100 grocery budget revealed

My family of three eats delicious, healthy meals on a grocery budget of $100 a week, with enough leftovers for lunch. How do we do it? The secret is really quite simple, and you can do it, t...

Dear Abby: Mother can give away baby clothes or donate for tax break

DEAR ABBY: My friend recently had a baby and could really use my daughter’s old clothes, as our girls are only a year apart and I have saved practically everything. But it will cost a co...

Dear Abby: Eligible woman bemoans the hordes of clueless men

DEAR ABBY: Could you explain to me why, as a species, men are so blind and stupid? There are millions of smart, funny, sweet, attractive – even sexy – eligible women to whom men do not g...

Trump’s foreign policy all over the map on Syrian crisis

The Trump foreign policy team has been all over the map on what to do next in Syria – topple the regime, intensify aid to rebels, respond to any new attacks on innocent civilians. ...

Students and school districts benefit from testing

It’s spring and with it comes the time for testing. For many this is a dreaded time of year. For all, it is a time to take sample online practice tests and put on one’s thinking cap. Here’s ...

Spring breezes blow in happy wishes for celebrants

By Ann Butler Neighbors columnist After a column that was in a pirate mood, there will be no walking of the plank for the birthdays of: Ed Cash, Wayne Hose, ...

Durango School District discussing school boundary rezoning

The last quarter of the school year has begun, as have several important processes where community input is desired. The district is discussing possible school boundary rezoning...