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Help your plants survive the dog days of summer

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

DATE: Jul 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

Thanks to Music in the Mountains supporters

Wine, supporters and song doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as wine, women and song, but the end result of Music in the Mountains’ Summer Soiree was still memorable. The eve...

DATE: Jul 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

DAC hopes bright minds equal bright futures

This particular piece of real estate on the A&E page is a familiar one to me, though my role in its stewardship has changed from landlord to tenant in a few short months. After le...

DATE: Jul 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Don’t hold your breath for Durango Mall pot shop

With the hubbub about where marijuana stores need to locate, hasn’t the time come for the Durango Mall? Think about it: It’s under one roof, with food, movies and access to the river trail. ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Beyond the gore, autopsies hold lessons for us

It should be no surprise that most people, even most doctors in training, think autopsies are gory. The surprise to me is quite a few of my colleagues take offense when somebody says so. ...

DATE: Jul 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

You can age gracefully with help from Mother Nature

The subject of aging is currently a hot topic in medicine. In our culture, where youthfulness is so highly prized and elderliness is seen as a liability, no one wants to be old b...

DATE: Jul 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Green Medicine

Life not all a day at the beach

About a year ago, a woman stopped Glen Marler inside City Market and asked, “Do you remember when you hired me?” Marler had to disappoint her and admit he didn’t. You have to for...

DATE: Jul 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Comprehensive education benefits offered under GI Bill

The Post-9/11 GI Bill, Chapter 33 is an education benefit program for people who served on active duty on or after Sept. 11, 2001. It includes the most comprehensive education benefits packa...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Serving Veterans

Crunching numbers for county market

The La Plata County residential real estate market crested in the first half of 2014 compared with last year, but it maintained a high level of home sales compared with previous years. ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Culture clash in Moab

Tourism vs. oil and gas: Lessons from the Green River

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

When helping people with disabilities, listen and respect

Listen and respect. I started thinking about ‘listen and respect’ after a conference I attended in June. The conference participants, mainly professionals in the field of developm...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Using gun trusts to responsibly own, transfer firearms

When my dad passed a few years ago, the family had to address the task of deciding what to do with his gun collection. Dad was quite a sportsman, and it was pretty exciting as a kid growing ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman