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‘Dr. Seuss’ vine trumps trail’s trees and bushes

There appears to be an invasive vine engulfing entire trees and shrubbery on parts of the Animas River Trail. It bloomed with pretty white flowers, but now it has seed heads that look like ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Action Line

When airline computers fail, everyone loses

Catastrophic computer outages that paralyze an entire airline are few and far between. Except this summer. Last month, Southwest Airlines canceled 2,300 flights after a router in ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Start fresh with designing your home

Some people can walk into a room, look around quickly and have a clear vision of what it will take to give it a fresh look and feel. Others walk into a room, yearn for a fresh look, but all ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

School-Based Health Centers: Get in, get out, get back to class

Farewell, flip-flops and sunscreen. Hello, backpacks and No. 2 pencils. La Plata County youths head back to school this week. School-Based Health Centers are part of this transition, providi...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Have feral cats around? Humane Society can help

By Chris Nelson La Plata County Humane Society Do you see a lot of cats hanging around your alley or maybe your barn? Do these cats not belong to your neighbors? Do you...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Columnists

An electric-power giant could be poised to fall

David battling Goliath is a cliché. But how else to describe the struggle between a rural electric co-op and its powerful supplier of electricity? “David,” in this case, is the De...

DATE: Aug 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Celebrating INDIGO: DAC presents unique textile experience

The beauty of a single color is celebrated in dramatic waves of indigo-dyed cloth, enveloping your sense of space upon entering the Barbara Conrad Gallery at the Durango Arts Center. ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

An Olympic champion abroad, club champs at home

It took just 40,880 days to bring the sport of golf back to the Olympics, and think what we have missed from the first encounter back in 1904. Gone are wooden shafts, coats and ti...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

Oil, gas industry can’t counter NASA study on methane hot spot

The oil and gas industry is awfully, dangerously, predictable. This week, in response to NASA fingering oil and gas operations as the primary cause of the infamous Four Corners me...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Are you second-guessing your gardening goals?

Second-guessing. We all do it. Some of you may have done it as you rose from bed, or when you were deciding what to have for breakfast, or even just now, as you started reading this column. ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

How to trap the pesky – and creepy – earwig

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your...

DATE: Aug 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

You can stop living paycheck to paycheck

An article in The Atlantic and $700 in car maintenance got me to thinking about unexpected expenses. The article, “The Secret Shame of Middle-Class Americans,” reveals how nearly ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy