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With smart, tender care, you can grow lush, healthy lawn

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggest...

Clubhouse Porch

It’s going to be a busy weekend for sports in the Four Corners, and topping off the festivities is one of the long-standing annual events on the calendar in the Morehart-Murphy Auto Center Y...

Hosts and guests were stylin’ at YaYa luncheon

The YaYa Sisterhood Luncheon has become a much-anticipated rite of spring. The event is organized by members of the Durango Friends of the Arts and is named after the best sellin...

Financial crisis contained – at least so far

The “official” dates of the U.S. financial crisis were 2007-08. Since then, we’ve had a few additional crises, in particular, the Euro crisis. But overall, the global financial crisis seems ...

Parties worked together during session

After 120 days debating and voting on new laws for the state of Colorado, I am proud of what we accomplished in the 2014 session of the state Legislature. It was fast-paced, productive and b...

Arts Center starts new microgrant program

As an artist at Studio & and a member of the Durango Arts Center board of directors, I frequently have conversations with artists about their work. It is one of my favorite parts of both job...

Eat too much, and you turn into a lazy lion

I am fascinated by the physiology of food. By this, I mean how food and drink (and sometimes their absence) interact with our body to affect our physical and mental sense of well-being as we...

Bi-polar street sign doesn’t predict epic global shift

I noticed today the street sign on East Second Avenue and Seventh Street now tells me Earth has flipped itself, and the street is now “West Second Avenue.” What happened to cause such a reve...

Role model? Not if you ask her

A gracious woman views changes over 91 years

Is investment property the right choice for you?

Real estate is one of the most popular forms of income investment because it is tangible. It doesn’t always work for everyone’s personality or portfolio, but it may be a good consideration i...

Playing is training for finding your passion as an adult

Five years ago, before a hunting trip, Dan unloaded a pile of found junk (from the annual trash clean-up) into the backyard, promising me uninterrupted coffee and newspaper time while the ki...

Buyer beware: Don’t get burned by flash sales

Gerald Annable had to think quickly when he found an ad for a 12-day Holland America cruise of Italy, the Greek Islands and Turkey. The special rate, $1,559 per person, could be his if he ac...