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Hospital provider fee benefits

When my son accidentally punctured his eardrum years ago, we rushed him to Mercy Hospital. The doctors’ offices were closed, and Durango didn’t have any urgent care clinics at the time. He w...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State House

This is what school choice looks like

School choice is a term for K-12 public education options describing a wide array of programs offering students and their families alternatives to those publicly provided schools assigned ba...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

National Endowment for the Arts more than government agency

The obituary section in the newspaper is always a must-read for me. After reflecting on why, I recognize that it is a way to acknowledge and celebrate a life that influenced the world by hav...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

How Steve Bannon failed his father and not AT&T

Marty Bannon did all the right things, mostly. He raised five children, lived modestly, worked hard and bought as much stock in his employer, AT&T, as he could. When AT&T’s stock price plung...

DATE: Mar 17, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

4-H members weigh in steers, participate in ag expo

The warm and sunny days have felt nice lately. It’s a great time of year to hear the birds chirping and feel spring in the air. The winter moisture that so many farmers and ranc...

DATE: Mar 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

U.S. House lacks common sense and compassion

WASHINGTON – In its zeal to repeal, the U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to overturn a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule forbidding the baiting, trapping and “denning” of bears...

DATE: Mar 16, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

BLM office refuses to share public comments about heli-skiing in Silverton

News flash: The Dalai Lama, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, just weighed in on the proposed expansion of heli-ski terrain around Silverton. Really? Truth be told, no. But have you ev...

DATE: Mar 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Protecting America’s public lands

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt came to Colorado for a three-week bear hunting trip. Perhaps inspired by Colorado’s beauty, that same year, he created the U.S. Forest Service to manage...

DATE: Mar 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

GOP health care plan leads to the end of an era

The Republican health care bill could represent the moment when the old order of American politics completely cracks up, the end of a certain era in American politics. That era be...

DATE: Mar 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Charities offer best help for panhandlers

As the weather warms up, so does panhandling in downtown Durango. The Durango Business Improvement District wants to remind everyone to give to charities and not to panhandlers. T...

DATE: Mar 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Spring is sprung for locals’ birthdays and anniversaries

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist Flowers are abloom for the birthdays of: Cathy Roberts, Joan Sippy, Mary Shaw, Bethany Bieth, Robert Ludwig, Jane Pearson,...

DATE: Mar 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Connecting the dots between Trump and Russia

I enjoyed the show “House of Cards” but always felt that it went a bit too far, that its plot wasn’t plausible. After seven weeks of President Donald Trump, I owe “House of Cards...

DATE: Mar 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof