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A common-sense way to protect waterways

No one living in the Four Corners last August can be in any doubt as to the importance of regulations protecting water quality. Community members along the Animas River from Silverton to Far...

Facing the new Jim Crow: Mass incarceration within America

Since the early 1990s, crime rates have been steadily decreasing and are currently at an all-time low. However, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, incarceration rates within the ...

When you’re living inside a bubble

In my small town in Southwest Colorado, those who did not vote for Donald Trump seemed numbed and stunned by the result. Mostly college-educated and originally from away, they grouped in the...

For Colorado, a lot of good came of 2016 election

Although I lost my bid for re-election to the Colorado House, there were many blessings that came out of the election. I am happy for Colorado. Amendment 69, ColoradoCare, was ...

How to plan your holiday vacations

Confidential to procrastinators: Thanksgiving is only a couple weeks away. Do you really want to wait until the last minute to plan your holiday travel? Not this year. You don’t n...

What does your dog think when you ... ?

La Plata County Humane Society Buster your well-trained dog spends most of his day home alone, sleeping. You arrive home from work, school or wherever you spend your d...

The drama, the passion of tango is coming to Concert Hall

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist At the end of October, I took a night off from the newsroom to go watch Las Migas, a group of young women from Spain who perform music...

Neighbors: Adaptive Sports celebrates accessible recreation

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist It was standing-room-only at the Durango Adaptive Sports Association’s Harvest Gala in late October. A sold-out crowd of 14...

Goodbye, Facebook. You have proven yourself evil

Dear Facebook friends, If you don’t see me gushing over the pix of your Thanksgiving pies, take no offense. It’s not that your pie is a bore (though, frankly, it is). And it’s not...

‘Phoenix’ a dark and moody post-WWII exploration of identity

The history of World War II has been well-documented cinematically. But “Phoenix” takes a unique perspective – that of a Holocaust survivor who returns to Germany. Upon returning ...

Keeping it local: Spend holidays at Durango Arts Center

What is the impact of your holiday gift? What is the value of giving a beautiful memory or a masterfully crafted object? The most direct ways we show what we value are through th...

Wishing good luck to one who needs it

Welcome, “President Elect,” to a scene you will no doubt enjoy: thousands of people in the streets of many cities around the country, some shouting, “You are not my president.” We...