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Don’t let agencies break promises about new wells

Have you ever been played for a fool? Go to that place with me. Which was worse: the anger that dawned on you upon realizing you’d been had or the shame in admitting you had let i...

Clubhouse Porch

I am not a gambling man. Once, however, I did get in on an office World Series pool where you put your name in a square among hundreds of squares, and they cross reference your ...

City should rethink pot, vacation-rental rules

By Brieanne Stahnke It’s nice to go downtown to forget all your troubles and forget all your cares. There’s music, shopping and fun downtown. It’s where all the lights are bright....

Knowledge put to test to benefit arts center

It wasn’t the “What did you know? And when did you know it?” kind of grilling but the fine points of geography, literature, sports and history that were involved in Super Ted’s Super Trivia ...

Warning: Don’t make the same mistakes I did

Alaina Tweddale, of the personal finance website Wise Bread, recently interviewed me about how my wife, Cheri, and I paid off $165,000 in debt and saved $20,000 in just 15 months. ...

Voyeurism and deceit dominate ‘The Stone Boy’

Some of the European press have mentioned Alfred Hitchcock’s 1954 “Rear Window” when effusing about Sophie Loubière’s new book, The Stone Boy. It’s a simplistic comment but not a bad insinua...

Bringing the past into the present

Durangoan returning to help native Nepalese village

Drive is on for park that seems to be stuck in neutral

Memorial Park looks more and more like a war zone. Four blocks of good, lush, green grass are dead. Big piles of dirt, equipment and tattered orange fences make it impossible to walk through...

Are you paying attention to your thirst?

I’m always amused when I visit the Bar D and the Wranglers sing the lyrics of the old Bob Nolan song “Cool Water.” It never fails as they harmonize about the barren waste and their dry throa...

‘The kids will appreciate this when they’re older’

We’re at 10,500 feet, tents tucked in the tall spruce, the La Plata River bending clear and cold below us. Wildflowers splatter the slopes like a Jackson Pollack painting. Dan rigs tarps fro...

Who should pay for mistake? United or me?

A booking error by a United Airlines agent forces Evelyn Jaffe to pay for a new flight to Hawaii. Is she entitled to a refund? I am writing to you for advice and help regarding a ...

Academy helps businesses, schools prepare for disasters

Colorado has experienced some significant disasters in the last few years. Disasters of this magnitude affect everyone directly or indirectly. Small businesses always are hit hard during and...