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For turtles – and you, slow, steady wins race

The new year is upon us, and the whirlwind that was the holidays is often hard to let go of. The hustle and bustle push us in so many ways that it’s hard on the body and mind to abruptly hal...

DATE: Jan 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

District invites you to talks about budget

At some point, I look forward to addressing the community about the plethora of resources that exist in the district and gaining insight on ways we can best invest them in our students, our ...

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Project Linus adds love with each stitch

Fifteen years. More than 6,500 blankets. Children comforted locally and around the world. And a group that just keeps sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting and tying blankets for children w...

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Buckley Park is going downhill fast as plastic piles up

Have you gone past Buckley Park lately? There’s this mountain of broken sleds and snow saucers forming the base of the hillside. Did the city of Durango establish a new plastic recycling sit...

DATE: Jan 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Action Line

TSA changes body-scanner rules for fliers

The Transportation Security Administration’s new rules for screening passengers with its controversial full-body scanners – which were quietly changed just before the busy holiday travel sea...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Here’s to good things happening in new year

It’s 2016, a brand new year. It’s a time for us to honor the past and look to the future. So it is with disability trends. What’s Out: Group homes. Facilities across th...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Help out your fellow vets by signing up for VA health care

This is a request directed to all veterans, regardless of time in service or rank, to help your fellow comrades in need of health care by reducing the wait time for VA medical services. ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Blood and money

U.S. concern about fundamentalism obstructed by financial interests

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Catching the breath that took mine away

I’d been eyeing the sled for a couple of weeks. It had seen better days, but, then again, so have I. So I figured what the heck and went back to the thrift store to buy the “Orsa Sparkin,” a...

DATE: Jan 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Great Adventures of Jenny and Goose

Hot tips for growing peppers in Colorado’s cool climate

As another storm passes over our corner of Colorado, many of us huddle up in the kitchen or living room, toes cold from another morning of shoveling or legs sore from another powder day at t...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

The challenge and difficulty of being cared for

A recent health situation has put me into the possibility of having sinus surgery in Denver. I won’t know for a few weeks, but it has caused an upheaval that I thought I wouldn’t have to exp...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Good judgment trumps rules about standards

Doctors have always opposed mandated practice standards. I’ve heard the arguments for more than 30 years. When I was a resident, one of the first pathology standards to be drafted...

DATE: Jan 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

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.