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How well do you know your dough?

If Durango High School students come home next week asking how well their parents know their dough, they won’t be asking about bread. The program Know Your Dough will be collabora...

Living on the Waiver Wire

It’s been a rough NFL season for some of the best wide receivers in football. AJ Green has missed the better part of two games with a toe injury and likely will miss a third. ...

In Pagosa play, madness and obsession reign

Between Macbeth and Thomas Magill there’s a certain madness. The question is: What’s the difference between a man who kills for personal ambition and one obsessed by a soiled Ede...

Being coroner doesn’t mute pain of personal loss

Death catches some people unawares. Others, like my Grandpa Reuben, see it coming. As the only child of two only children, I was unusually close to my grandparents. I followed Gra...

Picking up speed

Local elementary girls make strides in program

Durango is a neat town, but it’s not very neat

Why is it that after the “fall cleanup,” our neighborhoods don’t look any cleaner? Based on the sheer volume of detritus left in the streets, it would seem that Durango’s lawns should look l...

Qualifying for a mortgage loan may be harder

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the mortgage market is so tight that even he is having a hard time refinancing his own home loan. If Bernanke can’t refinance ...

Book is guide to embracing, savoring your next chapter

I was honored to be asked to write the review for the book, Conscious Living, Conscious Aging, as Ron Pevny is one of the foremost leaders in the movement as to how to age well. ...

Respite care a desperate need for all caregivers

“You Deserve a Break Today” is not just a McDonald’s ad campaign; it’s a battle cry for caregivers everywhere. In 2013, 39 percent of adults in the United States were caregivers, ...

Personhood: Amdt. 67 is unnecessary and devious

Some people are trying to take political advantage of a tragic accident. In 2012, a drunken driver turned left in front of woman who was driving home from a prenatal visit. The two vehicles ...

‘Waters of the U.S.’

Heavy-handed rule would harm family cattle ranches

Beauty with a heart, modeling for Manna

Talk about going bigger or going home. Last year, a group of young women put on Lights, Camera, Fashion! at the Henry Strater Theatre to raise money for Manna Soup Kitchen, and the place was...