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Airline denies injured woman her Skycouch

Susan Crookall books an Air New Zealand Skycouch – three seats across in economy class – for the marathon flight from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand. When she doesn’t get it, she wan...

Is your home in a flood plain?

When considering the purchase of a home in a flood plain, make sure you are informed about all that is implied by that designation. Just because the home is in what is considered ...

Helping our young girls, boys with life’s challenging transitions

When our family moved to this area 10 years ago, I noticed that some people referred to spring as the “Mud Season.” Living on a dirt road, it did not take long to figure out why. ...

Dangerous bugs

Obama plan fails to adequately address growing public health threat from overuse of antibiotics

Spring cleaning under the shadow of war

Tension was mounting throughout the world in the early spring of 1941, as Durangoans prepared for spring cleaning. Reports from Europe where Nazi Germany consolidated its territorial gains, ...

Finding everything we need on trip to desert

Every crevice of the car is packed. The kids are human puzzle pieces wedged between carefully stacked ramparts of coolers, water jugs, sleeping bags. Four handmade bows bisect the vehicle le...

Book & Author event delights

As an avid reader, one of my favorite things every year is the American Association of University Women’s Book & Author Luncheon. Held on March 21 at the Vallecito Room at Fort Le...

Factor’s elimination makes more vets health-care eligible

The Department of Veterans Affairs is updating the way it determines eligibility for Veterans Affairs health care, a change that will result in more veterans having access to the health-care...

March was the month for new music

Good music is released all the time. It’s something consistent, and has been since the advent of vinyl, tape, CD, mp3, and back to vinyl. As great as it is to have your “back-in-...

Power of 2 helps make saltwater trip excellent

I have discovered that the saying, “You can never have too much gear,” is especially true for those of us who enjoy fly fishing in saltwater. This really becomes apparent if you ...

Early delights: Asparagus, garlic

With the (early) arrival of spring so comes the flowering shrubs and trees – forsythia, plums, apricots and crabapples – as well as the initial vegetable growth from asparagus and garlic. ...

To preserve Wolf Creek, speak up now

I want you to envision a day with me; it’s the day that bulldozers begin ripping apart Wolf Creek Pass to build Texas billionaire Red McCombs’ version of Vail South. Last week, th...