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County Republicans will fine us to death

So, in the wake of our recent extreme winter weather, our conservative Republican county leaders have found a new revenue source! Send out deputies from our supposedly understaffed sheriff’...

DATE: Mar 04, 2019 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

We’re picking fossil-fuel losers now

I recently read Rep. Tipton’s response to the Green New Deal, a resolution to address climate change. He stated his concern, “The federal government should not be in the business of picking energy win...

DATE: Mar 04, 2019 CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

MAGA is spent – unless you’re an adolescent

WASHINGTON – Humans do the strangest things. In two recent why-dunits, the curious have wondered why: (1) a successful TV star would allegedly orchestrate a fake, hate-inspired attack on hi...

DATE: Mar 04, 2019 CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

Mountain home: How our original human inhabitants got meat and life

In 1955, Disneyland opened in Anaheim, California. It wasn’t the first theme park, but it was the first connected to a movie studio; it was state of the art and it was a success. In 1957, a...

DATE: Mar 04, 2019 CATEGORY: Editorials

Archaeological society hosts talk about infant mortality

The next meeting of the San Juan Basin Archaeological Society will host Andrew Carroll for a program titled “Throwing the baby out with the bathwater: Infant mortality at Poggio Civitate, Murlo.” ...

DATE: Mar 04, 2019 CATEGORY: Local News

Animas High School co-founder honored in Denver

Dr. Jesse Hutt, a co-founder and decadelong supporter of Animas High School, was named Charter School Advocate of the Year by the Colorado League of Charter Schools at the league’s annual conference F...

DATE: Mar 04, 2019 CATEGORY: Education

Ex-Gov. John Hickenlooper enters presidential race

DENVER – Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper said on Monday he’s running for president, casting himself as a can-do uniter who’s used to overcoming adversity and accomplishing liberal goals in a po...

DATE: Mar 04, 2019 CATEGORY: Education

Shop class stars strut their stuff at regional competition

Seth Thornburg, 17, a senior at Durango High School, is pretty handy with a miter saw and a router – skills enhanced in carpentry and woodworking classes. Seth and 85 other students from fi...

DATE: Mar 03, 2019 CATEGORY: Business

Short-term health insurance may lose some of its cost appeal

Durangoan Lauri Costello grew frustrated with the for-profit health insurance system and took matters into her own hands: She cobbled together her own health plan using short-term and supplemental ins...

DATE: Mar 03, 2019 CATEGORY: Local News

In Colorado, as drug use increases, so does syphilis

Syphilis is spreading nationally and across Colorado among residents using drugs, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Heterosexual syphilis an...