On Dec. 4, the City Planning Commission will consider names for the street that enters Camino Del Rio from River City Hall and Durango’s fire station. City Council will vote on this in January. I’m as...

Last week, when perusing upcoming events in Durango to plan my week, I noticed that the Toh-Atin Gallery off Main Street was hosting two “Navajo/Diné Winter Clothing & Food Drive” donation days. These...

Recently, Rep. Lauren Boebert voted to cut all funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Not just reduce their budgets, but pull all funding from ...

The saving grace of Senate Bill 23B-00 2023 Property Tax Relief, coming out of the special Legislative session, is that it buys a year’s time to get this legislation right for the Southwest. This is w...

I am writing to let the city planning department know I know of nobody, except maybe Alvie Moore and Craig Roser, who have driven the soon to be named roadway to the old River City Hall property more ...

On Nov. 17, I attended the annual symphonic concert by the Southwest Civic Winds at the Community Concert Hall at Fort Lewis College. The enjoyable performance commemorated the co-founder of the ensem...

Call me a trifle cynical, but with rare exceptions, growth never pays for itself. Revenue streams just can’t keep up with expenditures. Why? First, growth’s new property taxes and the sales taxes coll...

Nov. 22, 1963, is a day that touched my heart and soul. I will never forget! I was 12 years old in history class, when we received word that our then President John F. Kennedy had been shot and later ...