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Fancy footwork won’t fix finances

Sitting at my home desk preparing to write this column, I couldn’t be happier to see the mounds of snow outside the window. May El Niño be all for Southwest Colorado that’s been promised. Fo...

By mid-year war was touching all Americans

By June 1942, the war had impacted the average American’s lifestyle in ways he or she could not have imagined when it started only half a year ago. In some ways, it seemed to be going a bit ...

Stripping baskets are not for nude fly fishing

I know a retired fly fishing guide who once tried to convince his wife that a stripping basket was meant to keep your clothes in a neat pile when fly fishing nude from the deck of a boat, or...

Jackson tribute, Wailers highlight month at FLC

Our Happy New Year to everyone is a month full of amazing talent! Roshong Recital Hall starts Jan. 14 with a master class given by artists in residence, enhake, a talented quartet...

Over time, your healthy choices become habits

During a recent holiday visit to an East Coast city, my daughter observed the high percentage of cigarette smokers along the city streets, whose sidewalks were heavily littered with their ci...

Holiday spirit abounded in Durango this year

No matter where you looked, there were cool things going on for the holiday season in Durango this year. On Dec. 17, the Strater Hotel held a Victorian Christmas dinner prepared b...

Success lies outside your comfort zone

Think about a leap forward you made in your life. Did it happen when you were at ease and comfortable? Probably not. To make that leap, I bet you had to step out of your comfort z...

Exporting oil

Economics show ability to export and import oil is advisable

Pull a snow job on Durango? It’s easy as a walk in the park!

I thought you might to get a kick out of the boys’ latest snowman idea: Snowmen running in horror through Memorial Park at the thought of Donald Trump for president. (Sigh.) What is Action L...

Flight trouble? This agency can help you

Kendra Thornton is an unlikely candidate for government aid, but when Frontier Airlines recently denied her a seat on a flight from Chicago to Denver, that’s exactly what she got. ...

When shopping, help spare the trees of the tropics

Twelve years ago at this time we had just returned from Costa Rica to celebrate Christmas at home. Close to where we had stayed we watched the beginning of a new building going up, using ste...

Fewer guns, fewer shootings

Gun control is only way to counter troubling trend