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San Juan Basin working to help people get insurance

A gentleman came to San Juan Basin Health Department last year for help applying for health insurance. He limped noticeably and winced in discomfort with each step. As I offered ...

DATE: Oct 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Looking downstream

Balancing needs of agriculture, cities and environment

DATE: Oct 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Understanding palliative care and hospice

For many reasons, few of us like to reflect on our own mortality or the circumstances that may accompany our death. But the fact of the matter, of course, is that each of us will ...

DATE: Oct 28, 2015 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

‘Leaving on a jet plane’ for Big Brothers

Every once in a while an organization creates a fundraiser that just makes me say, “Cool.” That was the case for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado and its Suitcase Pa...

DATE: Oct 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: Columnists

On Halloween, downtown is for kids of all ages

Children’s Halloween is in downtown Durango from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday. I look forward to this event every year, as does my family. A record 96 businesses will be handing out treat...

DATE: Oct 27, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Curious gate and mysterious door offer egregious egress in Durango

Did you know about the Gate to Nowhere? It’s by the Durango Joe’s drive-thru north of 32nd Street. Between the Caboose Motel and Durango Joe’s, there’s a concrete wall with a chain-link fenc...

DATE: Oct 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Action Line

If reservations vanish, what should you do?

No one knows exactly why part of Andrew Smith’s business-class airline reservation from Salt Lake City to San Juan, Puerto Rico, vanished. But when Smith clicked on American Airl...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

What should you consider when buying an investment home

Buying single- family homes as an investment is challenging because the potential income and additional expenses have to be considered. Additionally, you have to evaluate the investment pote...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Knowing where to give your charity dollars can be tough task

Did you have a decent year? If so, good job! That little voice in your head may be encouraging you to give part of your good fortune to help those who are less fortunate. Knowing where to gi...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Redefining what it means to give back

Community service and volunteering may seem synonymous, but the different connotations and, frankly, the reality of both are quite different. I have a problem with how Durango and...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Should Democrats dump Jefferson and Jackson?

In an August 2015 newsletter, the Executive Committee of the La Plata County Democratic Party announced its intention to peel the Jefferson-Jackson label off the party’s annual dinner and re...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Population poetry provides material for meditation

For years I have known that what I write is too intellectual, too wordy, too preachy. I have sought poetry on aspects of human population, and finally found a few poems worth sharing. Please...

DATE: Oct 24, 2015 | CATEGORY: Population Matters