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Snowdown from the start

Honoring Terry Fiedler’s seminal role in Durango’s Winter Celebration

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Lowest-priced home triggers trip down memory lane

The real estate market’s return to higher volume and higher prices is a good thing from a number of angles, but it does not necessarily reflect how things are going for everyone who lives an...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Policy and Politics

How to age gracefully with slowing population growth?

Last July, when I turned 70, I wrote about my own aging. What happens as a large group of people age? Let’s look at the start of the process of demographic change, when birthrates...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Asking some tough questions

Was someone you love murdered? Or did someone you love commit murder? Unless you’re in one of those camps, the subject of the death penalty probably doesn’t come up often in conve...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

S.W. Colorado, nation celebrating 50 years of protected wilderness

What is wilderness? As stated in the Wilderness Act: “A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area w...

DATE: Jan 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Get out the funk, get out the reggae at Animas City

In its short existence, the Animas City Theatre has given a nod toward the Durango region’s local acts. After opening its doors three months ago, they’ve hosted some major events...

DATE: Jan 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Second session begins with ceremony and information

The first two weeks of the legislative session are largely ceremonial and informational. On opening day of the second year of the 69th session, we welcomed new state Rep. K.C. Becker, a form...

DATE: Jan 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Small choices can lead to big savings

Are you leaving money on the table? Recently, the blog DoughRoller grabbed my attention with an item about compounding. The premise was that long-term reduced spending increases ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Geoengineering will not solve climate change

“People have a sort of hubris and think they can control different parts of nature and its proven that they are wrong ... Ecological controls don’t work out exactly as planned.” ...

DATE: Jan 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Treat your business like an investment

Many readers of this column own investments. These investments run the gamut from stocks and bonds to real estate and precious metals. One thing these investments have in common is the desir...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Bottom Line

Master’s program offers sabbatical Down Under

It was quite an undertaking when the University of Denver decided to open a master’s program for social work in Durango. And no one saw that more intimately than Wanda Ellingson, ...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

To improve our schools, we need to hear from you

How are we doing? As a public school district, it is our job to serve the citizenry of Durango in ensuring that students are prepared to be contributing members of our community u...

DATE: Jan 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Durango School News