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Library garden odor speaks volumes about infrastructure

As a volunteer at the Durango Public Library demonstration garden and docent for the Durango Botanical Society, I’m frequently at the gardens along the Animas River Trail. We do maintenance ...

DATE: Sep 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Hotels listen to guest requests – but only up to a point

When Jim Reid checks into a Westin hotel, he inevitably catches a whiff of a “woody cedar and vanilla” scent called White Tea. It’s a pleasant smell to most guests, but not to him. ...

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Nation honors the crucial role Direct Support Professionals play

Americans are excellent at honoring things. We have a large number of holidays to honor historic figures who contributed significantly to our society (including lumping all 43 U....

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Planning for the end of life can keep you in control

Although almost anything is more fun than focusing on aging and death, planning your estate is an important task. An estate plan includes more than bequeathing your property afte...

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

An obituary for public art

The Arc of History: Aug. 2014 — Sept. 2016

DATE: Sep 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Plenty of opera to be seen in Durango

Opera offerings are expanding in Durango. Some showings stream live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera and others are taped broadcasts from opera houses around the world. It...

DATE: Sep 8, 2016 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Love stories at Tres Piedras: Aldo Leopold’s cabin in New Mexico

“There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other, and the relation of people to land,” wrote Aldo Leopold in A Sand County Almanac. As one of the 20th...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Light speed: Nothing faster in the universe

Greetings, stargazers. There is a speed limit in the universe. While many great science fiction stories require this limit to be broken, right now, we are stuck at not going any...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Our naturalists find meaning and joy in teaching

Tonight begins Durango Nature Studies’ Fall Naturalist and Educator training. The training is an adult education program that teaches participants about the natural history of t...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

Proper care will preserve your gardening tools

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and sug...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

A ‘shadow cast’ or a false cast?

I once had a young client who informed me he wanted to learn how to shadow cast. I explained to him there really wasn’t a cast called a shadow cast. He told me he had seen “A River Runs Thro...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Green grass a good sign for deer and golf alike

I do not know who is enjoying the greener grass this summer, the deer or the golfers. Both have a stake, as the deer are filling up for the winter ahead, while golfers are getting in the las...

DATE: Sep 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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.