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Guest soprano will warm your winter souls

It wasn’t long ago that soprano Veronica Turner, 30, dismissed Puccini. “When I started college,” Turner said “I didn’t like his music at all.” At the turn of the mille...

Mid-session sees important bills moving through the Colorado Legislature

Last week began with another delayed flight by United Airlines, which caused me to arrive in Denver at noon, after I was scheduled to be there at 8 a.m. Consequently, I was unabl...

Love shown early in childhood is critical to aging adults

Many of us who are aging into the last third of our lives are trying to age well. In some recent research, I ran across an interesting study, known as the Harvard Grant Study. Th...

Even the cheese counter feels Super Bowl’s pain

I was at the City Market cheese counter the day after the Super Bowl and noticed a basket of Broncos-themed baked Parmesan cheese crisps for sale. So I’m wondering, did anyone purchase Bronc...

Stay safe and be observant when witnessing crime

Durango Police Department relies heavily on the community to report suspicious activity, crimes in progress or crimes that have just occurred. There are many times when residents...

People with Down syndrome more prone to Alzheimer’s

One positive result of the advances in modern medicine is the vastly increased lifespan of people with Down syndrome. Yet with the lifespan increase has come a new worry: People with Down sy...

When sports kill, is it an accident or something else?

Richard Nieuwenhuizen, a 41-year-old volunteer linesman officiating at an amateur soccer game in the Netherlands, died in December 2012 after he was allegedly kicked in the head, neck and bo...

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Durango youths climb higher with team approach

Housing Solutions can help those with mortgage

A Jan. 12 story in The Durango Herald reported that foreclosures in La Plata County have significantly decreased in 2013, with only 73 foreclosure sales. There are several reasons for this. ...

Smart meters Learn the facts: Web-driven fears are baseless

The Internet’s greatest strength is that you can find virtually anything you want to find on it. That is, however, also its greatest weakness. For every view, a supporting, but not necessari...

Cheers! Here’s to 60 more years

It has been said most people are more afraid of public speaking than death – they’d rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy. You can’t say that about the members of Durango...

La Posada: An Arizona oasis

Mary Colter’s ‘resting place’ is reborn