After saying, “Happy New Year,” to everyone over the last week, it’s time to be happy that local sports are in full swing this upcoming week after a long holiday break.
Coaches, parents and most impor...
Durango High School girls wrestling didn’t have many wrestlers competing at the Conflict at Cleveland last weekend in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, but Marie Baker made sure the Demons had a wrestler place....
I received a phone call this morning from the son of a woman who has visited me regularly for the past nine years. I am a bachelor, and her visits were prompts for me to straighten things up and becom...
We are lucky to have a great hiking trail for year-round use in Durango. The Smelter Mountain Trail, located on the east side of the mountain, is a wonderful way to get some exercise and enjoy the bes...
Durango’s biggest export isn’t craft beer or mountain views – it’s our young people. Every May, when graduates receive their diplomas, they often also pick up a one-way ticket out of town.
During my i...
I want to say a few words about the Flock system that the Durango Police Department is initiating in the city.
First, a quote from Ben Franklin: “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase...
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for 18 years. Everyone we know thinks we are married, but we never got it on paper. He has always been less empathetic than I would like, and there’s a...
SILVERTON – Nearly every day before Silverton’s notoriously frigid winter temperatures turn the tub of water on Jimmy Keene’s deck to a solid block of ice, he cold plunges.
The ritual starts with Kee...
Driving down Historic Third Avenue on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. flags flew in front of four houses, puzzling at first – it wasn’t Veterans Day, and Presidents Day had not yet arrived – yet the date was ...
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