My family came to Durango in the late 1800s and has been continuously there ever since, though I live in Farmington. Room 401 at the Strater Hotel, “The McCormick Family Room,” is named after my famil...

Our new president is sure signing his name a lot already. And he seems to want to show us each time he signs something. Unfortunately, his signature is not only illegible but also disturbing. Every ti...

My simple view of our government is outdated but consistent with our Constitution. Our Congress negotiates (scary word here), compromises and passes a budget, sends it to the president who either acce...

Last month, I wrote about the coalition of rich and poor countries, of foundations and nonprofits that delivered family planning to 46 million women – FP2020. Its successor, FP2030, has continued the ...

As a resident of La Plata County, I’m really struggling with the being forced to live under a burgeoning form of a fascist government run by an authoritarian president along with billionaire oligarchs...

It was easy to predict that a diktat from Donald Trump’s Justice Department would, at some point in his second term, prompt resignations from career prosecutors with conservative legal bona fides. Giv...

Skyhawks women’s basketball senior forward Darla Hernandez had nearly a perfect day shooting the ball for Fort Lewis College Saturday afternoon. It wasn’t enough as FLC lost at home to Western Colorad...

Three-pointers by senior DaLaney Wesner and junior Juliann Avila helped Ignacio girls basketball outscore Bayfield 15-4 during the final 6:48 of regulation Thursday evening and the Bobcats – with almo...

Anywhere online or on social media in the Division I college basketball world, there is talk about who’s on the bubble for the NCAA tournament. That conversation locally includes the Division II NCAA ...