‘Schoolhouse Rock’ is coming to Cortez

If you’re a 30- or 40-something who grew up on American television and Saturday morning cartoons, you no doubt are familiar with “Schoolhouse Rock,” the educational series of songs that taug...

Spring has sprung on area golf courses

Maybe I was just hoping for the real spring to break through after the dismal winter we experienced. Did it seem to you, like it did to me, that we suddenly turned green in a matter of a few...

How you can prevent food poisoning

“From farm to plate, make food safe” was the theme of this year’s World Health Day. On Tuesday, the World Health Organization highlighted the importance of food safety. Because th...

How should we question safety of GMOs?

“Is it safe to eat genetically engineered foods?” That’s the question GE food advocates love for us to ask. Why? Because if we look only at the narrow issue of food safety when de...

On Earth Day, consider your role in planet’s health

Earth Day has focused on many things since its inception in 1970. When it began, there was very little concern on a political level about the perils of human impact on our plane...

What’s Up Downtown?

Durango is home to approximately 200 annual events, with each one adding to the unique flavor of our wonderful town. The primary downtown-event season will get started this month with two of...

State-budget process complicated, and there’s lack of common sense

This week is budget week for the Colorado House of Representatives. The 2015-2016 $25 billion budget or “long bill,” – $9 billion of which is in the discretionary General Fund – was complete...

Forleo turns 99 with a melody (or three)

Most of us get a mostly in tune and somewhat half-hearted “Happy Birthday” when it’s our day to shine. (Mostly because our friends aren’t all that comfortable with singing, not because they ...

Ski pass has fewer blackouts and insurance for whiteouts

My husband and I are retired and buy weekday season passes at Purgatory. We purchase them in April for the early discount. The Purg website said weekday-pass blackout dates had been reduced ...

If you smoke pot, there are consequences

Four percent of the world’s population has used marijuana in a given year, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, the lifetime prevalence of marijuana...

Water conservation

S.W. Colo. needs ideas on smarter use

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...