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Don’t hold your breath for Durango Mall pot shop

With the hubbub about where marijuana stores need to locate, hasn’t the time come for the Durango Mall? Think about it: It’s under one roof, with food, movies and access to the river trail. ...

Beyond the gore, autopsies hold lessons for us

It should be no surprise that most people, even most doctors in training, think autopsies are gory. The surprise to me is quite a few of my colleagues take offense when somebody says so. ...

You can age gracefully with help from Mother Nature

The subject of aging is currently a hot topic in medicine. In our culture, where youthfulness is so highly prized and elderliness is seen as a liability, no one wants to be old b...

Life not all a day at the beach

About a year ago, a woman stopped Glen Marler inside City Market and asked, “Do you remember when you hired me?” Marler had to disappoint her and admit he didn’t. You have to for...

Comprehensive education benefits offered under GI Bill

The Post-9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 33 is an education benefit program for people who served on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001. It includes the most comprehensive education benefits packa...

Crunching numbers for county market

The La Plata County residential real estate market crested in the first half of 2014 compared with last year, but it maintained a high level of home sales compared with previous years. ...

Culture clash in Moab

Tourism vs. oil and gas: Lessons from the Green River

When helping people with disabilities, listen and respect

Listen and respect. I started thinking about ‘listen and respect’ after a conference I attended in June. The conference participants, mainly professionals in the field of developm...

Using gun trusts to responsibly own, transfer firearms

When my dad passed a few years ago, the family had to address the task of deciding what to do with his gun collection. Dad was quite a sportsman, and it was pretty exciting as a kid growing ...

Udall bill will do little to fix Hobby Lobby

Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., has a great set of eyebrows he deploys effectively to punctuate his point. They can add levity. They can scold. They can empathize. They can connote the seriousness...

Dynamic duo: Every angler should have one

A long time ago, there was a television show that featured a dynamic duo (DD) known as Batman and Robin. For those of you who don’t remember TV in black and white, you probably have no recol...

Creeping ever closer to Red Rocks dream

Red Rocks Amphitheatre is the golden ring for touring bands. The storied venue, which has hosted legends from The Beatles to U2 to Wilco and Willie Nelson, along with every jam band in the c...