When airlines collaborate, you win and lose

All Bonnie Elliott needed were seat assignments in advance. And all Ernie Kuhnke wanted were his frequent-flier miles. But neither of these air travelers can get them. Why? Even t...

What does your community’s public health department do?

A single low-income mom with three small children comes in to the San Juan Basin Health Department office to receive education and support along with vouchers from the Women, Infants, and Ch...

Headlines were mixed on the eve of war

Americans had just finished their Thanksgiving holiday and were looking ahead now toward Christmas 1941. The world around them was in its second year of World War II. They had heard Presiden...

Not another day care

A glance into the Powerhouse Science Center’s plight

Community-based employment service for homeless veterans launched

The Department of Veterans Affairs announced a new employment program aimed at helping job-ready veterans exiting homelessness, and those on the brink of homelessness, gain stable and long-t...

Carcosa’s roots rock defies a simple definition

Bob Wills was on to something that pre-dated rock ’n’ roll. When the King of Swing was asked about the forthcoming musical revolution, his response defied a definintion for the music he had ...

High and fast water makes for creative fishing

I’m not real religious when it comes to prayer. In fact my prayers are usually for good cigars, better whiskey, and fish in love with dry flies. I’m a man of simple needs. Howeve...

Saved organs not souvenirs, not for sale

During a science field trip to the Staten Island morgue in 2005, high school students saw a familiar name on a glass jar containing a brain. Jesse Shipley, a classmate’s brother, had died tw...

The aphids are coming; take action to protect your plants

Sometimes I assume that, given our dry and cool environment, I have seen the vast majority of pest and disease issues in the area. I seem to know when the questions about aspens will arrive:...

Sit back and daydream: Quiet time is good for you

Are you spending more time daydreaming? Perhaps a better word is pondering or reflecting. Part of my every morning is spent with some tea and quiet meditation. Then, in the late ...

Long putts part of taking care of business

I finally had a chance to get away earlier this week and get in a round of golf with my brother-in-law, and who says there is not a golf guru looking over you? You should have see...

Raising money and taking the fight to cancer

They may still have aching feet, but the participants in the 2015 Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society can look back on a successful fundraiser that had its focus in the right plac...