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Public editorial board meeting

Please join The Durango Herald editorial board for its public session at 4:30 p.m. today at Lost Dog Bar & Lounge, 1150 Main Ave. The editorial board will discuss income inequalit...

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

With term limits for legislative members, we have to make do

Change is in the air at the Colorado State Capitol, I can feel it. We’re just short of the halfway mark, that is, if we go the full 120 days of the session. We still have the two biggest bi...

DATE: Mar 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

No spring break for arts and music on FLC campus

March allows us to say one last goodbye to our winter, hinting at the inviting signs of spring. Fort Lewis College also has some very inviting activities in the arts for this month. ...

DATE: Mar 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

Zillow: The good and not so good of online real estate

Zillow is one of the top real estate sites in the world. It is an incredible real-estate online site offering information to consumers who want to make informed decisions. The mob...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

For daughter, information is like a wide, swirling storm

Rose and I are in an outdoor public restroom, trying to take care of business without pondering too deeply the dark, wet stain on the concrete floor. Rose is singing cheerily in an invented ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Skiing on a patch of snow in China’s desert

Editor’s note: David Scott, a 2008 Durango High School graduate, is teaching English in China’s far western province of Xinjiang (New Frontier) in the city of Korla. He will be writing about...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Letter from Korla

Crosswalk signals aren’t much of a hot-button issue

What’s with local pedestrians pushing the crosswalk buttons numerous times? Will this make the light change faster? Some people depress the button and hold it for several seconds. Others pou...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Lose weight – even a little – for your health

You don’t have to look far to realize obesity is a common problem in the United States. Its impact on the health of our nation continues to grow. In November 2013, the American H...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Voting on a number of meaures

Last week was another busy week at the capitol with two of my bills advancing in the House. My produce and livestock donation bill, House Bill 1119, which I am sponsoring with Rep. Tim Dore,...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Local programs can help ease life’s sometimes-bumpy ride

Sometimes life is a bumpy ride. There are many things making up those bumps – stress, conflict, trauma, uncertainty, illness, disability and more. Just as shock absorbers on a vehicle can he...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Durangoan saving whales at source

Man goes to Antarctic in down-and-dirty battle

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

What to do when stomach flu takes over cruise ship?

What’s worse than being stricken with stomach flu on vacation? Maybe it’s being quarantined on a cruise ship with hundreds of other passengers suffering from the same illness. Tha...

DATE: Mar 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter