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Twin Buttes – the perfect complement to Durango’s lifestyle

Twin Buttes, welcome to the ’hood. Twin Buttes, which is two miles west of Durango on U.S. Highway 160, is having its opening day site tours this weekend, offering the public some...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

The more exposure we have to others, the more opportunities we have

Everyone who knows me (and quite a few folks who don’t) knows that I went to Ireland in June. It was an amazing, magical experience. You might be wondering what this has to do wit...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

We’ve done well planning for future, but support will be needed

This month, Durango Fire Rescue would like to give our community information about the stations that serve our community. Durango Fire Rescue operates 16 fire stations as well as...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango Fire's Corner

Public health service that will stay to help moms, kids

Women in impoverished regions face enormous challenges – a dangerous physical environment, isolation and reduced access to education. For them, the anxiety of an unplanned pregnancy is profo...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Do’s and don’ts of world’s most downloaded game

Several readers will have no idea what “Pokemon Go” is and why it has any importance in our everyday lives or why it seems to be popping up in your newspaper, newsfeed, your kid’s phones and...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mountain biking would violate the boundaries crucial to the values wilderness preserves

Mountain bikes do not belong in wilderness. A friend of mine refers to adrenaline-laced mountain bikers bombing down a forest trail as “lycra-clad thugs.” While that is too harsh a judgment,...

DATE: Aug 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mountain Marmot: A steep and scenic Purgatory trail race

Matthew Krichman, race director of the Steamworks Half Marathon, Turkey Trot and Thirsty Thirteen, has partnered with Durango Running Company owner Brett Sublett to create a trail race that ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: On the Run

It’s time to start gearing up for the new school year

The whirlwind of Music in the Mountains and the Conservatory is over; I hope you were able to be part of it, and we’re gearing our sights toward the school year ahead. I want to l...

DATE: Aug 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

Frequent-flier programs could face tighter rules – if you speak up

The federal government is on the verge of regulating airline frequent-flier programs. But how far it goes may depend on you. Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Transporta...

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Pioneers of La Plata County: Aspass family settled in 1870s

At the beginning of La Plata County history, even before Colorado statehood in 1876, the Hans Aspaas family was here. Over the next 140 years, family members moved across the cou...

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Meteorology station coming to the Old Fort; catch the Perseids

Greetings, stargazers. This column is called What’s Up in Durango Skies, and in case you haven’t noticed, the last couple of weeks the answer has been clouds. And finally some ...

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Horned worm transforms into striking hummingbird moth

When people use the expression about seeing things through the eyes of a child, it is because children can often observe the world without any baggage. I was reminded of this w...

DATE: Aug 10, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies