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Buyer’s Remorse
The current competitive market has put more pressure on buyers to make quicker decisions, sometimes leading to buyer remorse. With elevated prices, not getting carried away with the market and losing sight of your own budget is important. When supply is limited and sale prices increase, the odds of finding your dream home at a dream price get slimmer. Having a list of must-haves and keeping to your budget can help make the right...
Renewing Old Houses
Matt Lavinder, president of New Again Houses in Bristol, TN., addresses how the pandemic changed our view of a home, “A house is no longer just a place to sleep. It’s become a school, an office and a movie theater.” Having these alternate necessities for a home opened up creativity for many families in how to use their square footage. Since inventory has remained low and out median price has increased, many homeowners have opted to...
Will Rising Interest Rates Affect Demand for Housing?
McDonald’s Cardboard Derby
Date: March 12, 2022 Time: 10:00am – 12:30pm Location: The tubing hill #1 Skier Place Durango CO 81301 United States The McDonald’s Cardboard Derby at Purgatory Resort is a classic winter competition you won’t want to miss! Build your derby racer out of cardboard and duct tape only, and pilot it down the slopes during one of the most fun days on the mountain! Watch as teams compete in vessels made entirely out of cardboard and...
Living with the Bighorns
Fugitive Mountain Lion, Outdoor Summer Camps, New Drivers Licenses
Keep Your Parents Off the Streets: Play Youth Baseball
It’s Never Too Late to Learn a New Trick
8 Things You Need to Know Right Now
Are you ready to step out of your comfort zone? By Adonis Lenzy Entering a new season in life can be very exciting and frightening at the same time. A new season can bring with it a plethora of different emotions and thoughts that tend to bombard your mind and spirit constantly. There is also that underlying sense of simply not knowing what’s ahead of you and for you. Not knowing what’s ahead will either cause you to stay in your...
LPEA seeks members due to receive Capital Credit refunds
DURANGO, Colo. – La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) is seeking current and former members who are due to receive Capital Credit refund monies. Capital Credits represent ownership of LPEA and are credited to members based on the amount of electricity they use. As LPEA is a non-profit cooperative owned by its members, it returns Capital Credits to its membership when the board determines that financial circumstances allow it....
Fanciful Snowboards to Be Auctioned for Humane Society
Fiber Optic Network to Be Expanded Citywide
New Canyons of the Ancients Exhibit Documents Sites
Practicing Sustainability, One Cup of Coffee at a Time
Our Thinking Can Let Us Down
Leaders – anyone – have the potential for moments of extraordinary brilliance, and moments of astonishing stupidity. We like to be seen as smart, quick-learners, self-reflective, and humble. Must of us cringe when we make mistakes (at least internally) – so much so, that our brains often cover them up. Yes, humans are quite capable of errors, poor reasoning, jumping to conclusions, and so on. Even people brilliant in one area can...
Colorado affordable housing developers guide 101
Thank you for registering for the Colorado Affordable Housing Developers Guide 101 training in Durango. Due to inclement weather, we will be switching to a virtual event, taking place on Microsoft Teams. Event Details Colorado Affordable Housing Developers Guide 101 Tuesday, February 22, 2022 1:00pm to 3:30pm We invite you to join the meeting 10 minutes early to ensure your connection. If you have any difficulties, please...
Ethereum NFT Protocol TreeTrunk Promises New Royalty Options for Artists
TreeTrunk believes it can catch on with visual artists and musicians. Image: Shutterstock TreeTrunk is the latest startup to recognize the potential of NFTs to provide new forms of rights management and royalties for artists. By Jeff John Roberts Feb 17, 2022 3 min read In brief TreeTrunk’s new protocol is open-source and will let artists sell subsets of NFTs to fans. It is offering NFTs from select visual artists and will be...
Stuff to do: Feb. 24-March 2, 2022
Thursday24 Gary Walker plays, 10 a.m.-12 noon, Jean-Pierre Bakery & Restaurant, 601 Main Ave. Bingo night, 5 p.m., Fenceline Cider, Mancos. Live music, 5:30 p.m., Diamond Belle Saloon, 699 Main Ave. Live music, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Office Spiritorium, 699 Main Ave. Songwriter’s gathering, 6-8 p.m., Mountain Monk Coffee, 558 Main Ave. Dustin Burley plays, 6 p.m., Fur Trappers Steakhouse, 701 E. 2nd Ave. Powerhouse Trivia Night,...
NRx Pharma Reports US National Institutes Of Health Study Of Its ZYESAMI for COVID Cleared To Complete Full Enrollment
– After review of more than 448 enrolled patients in ACTIV-3b Critical Care Study, no new safety concerns identified by Independent Data Safety Monitoring Board; study cleared to continue enrollment to 640 Patients – ZYESAMI® (aviptadil) is the sole remaining investigational medicine in ACTIV-3b with recent closures of other arms – ACTIV-3b Critical Care Study is evaluating ZYESAMI and Veklury® (remdesivir),...
LPEA board approves ground-breaking partnership on cooperative’s future power supply
DURANGO, Colo. – The La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) Board of Directors unanimously passed a resolution today allowing staff to negotiate and finalize power supply contracts with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-State) and Crossover Energy Partners (Crossover). This historic collaboration between LPEA, Tri-State, and Crossover supports one of three future power supply options LPEA has been exploring...
