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Monsoon Season is kicking in… expect some rain this weekend!!
We got a little rain on Monday- .11 inches, but expect more as Monsoon Season is kicking in… expect some rain this weekend!! Our Durango area Monsoon Season lasts from July 1 to September 30. Some weather professionals are suggesting that we will get less rain than normal this year. Let’s prove them wrong and ask the rain season to settle in an bring moisture to our parched region. Rain Rain come today and come...
REC Center Reopens!
Recreation Center Reopening – Welcome Back! Durango Parks and Recreation is pleased to announce that the Durango Community Recreation Center has reopen! The health and safety of the community is our top priority, and the City appreciates your patience and flexibility in the navigation of this first phase of reopening. Recreation Center guests are asked to abide by the guidelines below to keep the staff and the community safe...
Bailey’s Bits
Bailey’s Bits “Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.” Life Lessons Learned from Hanging out at RE/MAX Pinnacle Meet Bailey at https://homesindurango.com/meet-bailey
Local Fourteeners
As we all find creative ways to explore and practice social distancing, we are continually grateful to live in a place that offers space and distance for adventures. One of Colorado’s unique features is our Fourteeners—Peaks above 14,000 feet. Colorado has roughly 58 of these beautiful peaks, and we live close to a few. One of the local favorites is Handes Peak. It’s only a couple hours’ drive from Durango, and it’s easy and...
Community Concerts Reimagined
One of the unique aspects of the pandemic we have all seen is the creative thinking and ideas of so many people. We have all had to make new traditions, think “outside of the box” for special occasions, and find new ways to entertain ourselves. On a local level, we have seen this with a rise of virtual and at-home experiences. One of the unique ideas comes from The Community Foundation serving Southwest Colorado. They are offering...
La Plata County June Real Estate
We have the latest real estate transactions for the month of June, and we are glad to note it was a solid month with 106 total transactions. In fact, this is the exact same number of sales as June of 2019. This indicates the activity in April and May picked up, allowing properties to close in June. Year to date, we have 473 total sales, compared to 502 sales last year at this time. As expected, the total for 2020 is lower due to the...
Why Exercise Alone Can’t Take Off Weight
You exercise and exercise, but the weight still doesn’t come off the way you’d like. Find out why you have to attend to your nutrition first before exercise can have an impact.
Colorado governor issues mandatory, statewide mask order
Gov. Jared Polis on Thursday issued a statewide mandatory mask order for public places that takes effect 12:01 a.m. Friday. The mandate requires anyone older than 10 to wear masks in public indoor spaces. Polis also said Coloradans should continue to stay 6 feet apart from each other and avoid gathering in large groups. “The virus doesn’t stop at city lines,” Polis said. The mandate is meant to provide “moral and scientific clarity”...
How Restaurants Cope with New Normal
We talked with three restaurant owners about their adjustments to social-distancing recommendations as they re-open for business, and some of the changes look like they’re here to stay!
HP & Me – Don’t Burn Your Bridges Behind You
Welcome to this week’s edition of H.P. and Me! In the cross roads of decision making and making new directions we must not cut ourselves off from friends and family who have supported our path of development. We must not burn our bridges with those who have given us meaningful activity in the journey of life. There are no limits to love’s potentiality. Don’t Burn Your Bridges Behind You– S2:E3 The HP & Me podcast is a...
Bailey’s Bits
Bailey’s Bits “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” Life Lessons Learned from Hanging out at RE/MAX Pinnacle Meet Bailey at https://homesindurango.com/meet-bailey
HP & Me – Dialogue: Silence is Not Always Golden
Welcome to this week’s edition of H.P. and Me! We do not sit or stand in isolation in a busy world. We must speak up on questions that involve positive solutions for neighbors and for the human race regardless of culture. Our openness, creativity, the strong feelings of our heart can convey real meaning for those who look to us for answers. In self-realization we live in our true ground of being a NEW BEING. Dialogue: Silence is...
239 Experts With One Big Claim: The Coronavirus Is Airborne
The W.H.O. has resisted mounting evidence that viral particles floating indoors are infectious, some scientists say. The agency maintains the research is still inconclusive. The coronavirus is finding new victims worldwide, in bars and restaurants, offices, markets and casinos, giving rise to frightening clusters of infection that increasingly confirm what many scientists have been saying for months: The virus lingers in the...
Bailey’s Bits
Bailey’s Bits “People should find happiness in the little things, like family.” Life Lessons Learned from Hanging out at RE/MAX Pinnacle Meet Bailey at https://homesindurango.com/meet-bailey
Proteins + Veggies + Dietary Fat = Health
Jolie Ensign, nutritionist with Habit, recommends that you keep a journal about the foods you eat, not to count calories, but to observe how foods make you feel mentally and physically.
4th of July in Durango
Durango has unfortunately cancelled fireworks display and 4th of July parade. But that doesn’t mean celebrating US independence is cancelled! But if you are willing to drive a bit, Farmington will have their display tonight. July 3, 2020 9:25 p.m. – Fireworks Display Fireworks set off from Sullivan Hill, simulcast on KWYK 94.9 FM. Sullivan Hill is west of the intersection of College Blvd. and 30th Street. Please note, San...
Workplace Safety and Health Concerns and Paid Sick Leave a Right for All Amid COVID-19
On average, 112 occupational deaths occur in Colorado annually, and thousands of workers are injured or become sick from work-related exposure, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. As businesses prepare to reopen, Durango’s face-covering order has been extended indefinitely to curb the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, Democrat lawmakers emphasize that protecting essential...
US Stock Market Enters Parabolic Price Move – Be Prepared, Part II
In the first part of this research article, we briefly discussed the recent price and global economic events related to the 2018 to 2020 US stock market volatility and the COVID-19 virus event. The premise of this research post was to highlight the current upside parabolic price trend that initiated shortly after the 2015~16 US election cycle event. It is almost impossible to look at the NAS100 chart, below, and not see the dramatic...
HP & Me – Intimidation
Welcome to this week’s edition of H.P. and Me! On to Season 2. As we grow older and wiser we realize that intimidation and bellicose behavior never works When we have high values and ethics in our little corner of the world we are available to take the higher path and be touched by our Divine essence, the living beauty that unfolds slowly, gently from the heart that carries luminescence sparks that are resilient. We continue to...
A broken uptrend in a key government bond yield could be a bad omen for stocks
Yield on benchmark 10-year Treasury and the S&P 500 have been mostly in sync this year, so a breakdown in one suggests the other is likely to follow. So much for the V-shaped recovery. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, 0.625% just broke below a rising trend line, to suggest the uptrend off the COVID-19 low in early March has ended. That uptrend in rates was significant for both Main Street and Wall...
Durango Herald News
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