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‘Ark of Hysteria’ rocks boat with interesting symbolism

Congestion at the U.S. Highway 550/160 intersection is nothing compared to the volume of comments about the sculpture now adorning that crossroad. Readers fulminated with a fusill...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Our definition of death is subject to change

I was a medical student when I first saw someone die. A middle-aged woman lay in the intensive-care unit surrounded by machinery that recorded her heartbeat, measured her blood pr...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Pika: Is it prudent to panic?

Not all biologists fearful for future

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Manufacturing ‘superbugs’

Work together to help lessen the threat of antibiotic resistance

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Taking agricultural water will hurt Colorado

Denver Water – acting on behalf of the Bureau of Reclamation and the respective water districts from Arizona, California and Nevada – recently developed a drought-management pilot program fo...

DATE: Aug 9, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Set up a network to help you in emergencies

September is National Preparedness Month and a time when we all need to update our preparedness plans, our 72-hour emergency kit and our first aid/CPR/AED training. Planning ahea...

DATE: Aug 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Red Cross and you

Hogans celebrate family, roots

Summer is reunion time, in large part because festivities can be held outside and also because it’s safer for people to travel. Families and old classmates come together, and the stories flo...

DATE: Aug 8, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Kai Welch show promises intimate night of music

Small music venues are the choice music venues. Don’t let the size of the performance space dictate your expectations on the quality of the product. If a band or performer gradua...

DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Fly-fishing, bears and eagles: It must be Alaska

Had the Vikings been fly fishermen, bear hunters and eagle watchers, instead of plunderers and pillagers, Alaska would have been their definition of Valhalla. It certainly is mine. ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2014 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Annual La Plata County Fair promises something for everyone

Come one, come all to the 2014 La Plata County Fair. The annual county fair, which will be held through Sunday, is a great opportunity for the public to enjoy many family fun act...

DATE: Aug 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

When you need respite from summer, get out

It’s August – summer in transition. A quotient of light erodes from either side of every day, portending the inevitable fall. Cooling temperatures, changing smells. I feel a tin...

DATE: Aug 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Clubhouse Porch

For some, this is old news. But I thought it deserved at least one more look. Even though he finished tied for 18th place, Durango’s Devin Schreiner, son of Kip and Tammy Schreine...

DATE: Aug 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

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