What if he had been more serious about the beautiful girl he met in London while on leave there during World War II? What if he hadn’t lost track of…
A. Thank you for this great note. I talk to many parents about this issue, so rest assured, this is pretty normal. Something I repeat over and over in my…
“Shake it off! We need you out there!” The words, from the mouth of a mother I don’t know at all, cut straight through my heart. I tried to catch…
A. I’ve typed it before and I’ll type it again: Being the mediator when someone from your family of origin is causing undue stress for your spouse is the caring,…
What you wear to coffee, cocktails or dinner at that hot new restaurant shouldn’t add to your stress. As stylists and pro shoppers for DC Style Factory, we prep clients…
To my surprise, I immediately felt at home. She delighted in seeing my engagement ring that had been designed using three diamonds that were once hers. She’d given them to…
An Oxford anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist who is one of the leading experts on those questions decided to take a look. And for the latter question, Robin Dunbar found that…
Sure, it was getting late, and I still had students’ papers to grade. But I selected a bottle of wine (not terribly expensive but not too cheap, either) and made…
75 years ago: “The Durango Demons, playing uninspired basketball, grubbed out a 22-9 victory over Bayfield High School at Smiley High gym Tuesday evening, after the Durango faculty had subdued…
Clint Simmons, right, and Dayson Goetz, second from right, appeared in two seasons of “Rocky Mountain Bounty Hunters” before Animal Planet canceled the program. But Simmons and Goetz are still…
Income, language barriers account for most of 10% without health coverage
Eagles song inspired statue, park, festival
The first Live by Living walk will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Durango Public Library, 1900 East Third Ave. Blueprints of Hope, a local nonprofit which provides…
50 years ago: “Mesa volunteer firemen will give away a three-piece bedroom set, a transistor radio and a pole lamp as a money-making project.” 25 years ago: “About 40 Fort…
Doctors should ask pregnant women about their travel and certain symptoms, and – if warranted – test them for an infection with the Zika virus, the Centers for Disease Control…
In this Jan. 20, 1991, photo, “Shari Crane was the recipient of the first locally given Athena Award, honoring a successful businesswoman, as well as the Volunteer of the Year…
75 years ago: “Work on the construction of Vallecito dam on the Pine River reclamation project northeast of Durango has progressed very satisfactorily during 1940, and the dam will be…
75 years ago: “Both skating and skiing conditions are reported good in the Durango vicinity.” 50 years ago: “Due to a lack of snow, the Third Avenue ski area will…
Over the years, movies screened in this one-time mining town have ranged from “The Blair Witch Project” to “Little Miss Sunshine.” Seeing buzzed-about films before the rest of the world…
Also in 2016 from the cruise industry, Royal Caribbean launches the world’s largest ship, and a new ship from Carnival features a biking track suspended high above the water. And…
From January 1966: “The Durango High School library has popped its seams, and the overflow of books and periodicals had to go someplace, so they went into this cubicle, which…
The next 1.3 seconds inside my head went something like this: “Noooo way I haven’t stepped on that in forever I don’t like scales they don’t like me my shoes…
75 years ago: “Sheriff Bruce Sullivan is putting in some long hours at the FBI school in Washington – but he likes it. The La Plata County sheriff was the…
St. Columba Parish invites the community to join in a Rosary Day for Life from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday in the church, 1800 East Second Ave. The rosary…
One of Cameron’s new policy prescriptions, unveiled Monday with an announcement that England will pour 70 million pounds (nearly $100 million) over the next five years into “relationship support,” was…
A few years ago, we had the Tiger Mom, who raised gifted musician daughters using methods that struck many readers as cruel. Perhaps in response, the headlines making the rounds…
