Columnists

Endings and beginnings

Pianist Olga Kern and Conductor Guillermo Figueroa acknowledge audience applause at the July 26 Music in the Mountains concert in…

August 14, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Amelia White and Carter Sampson hit Durango

It all started for Amelia White with a Martin guitar. The now Nashville, Tennessee-based musician was reared on instruments typical…

August 14, 2024

Dear Abby

Church leader lies about infidelity

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Silas,” and I have been married for 30 years. He is the deacon and Sunday school…

August 14, 2024

What's up in Durango Skies

How will our sun end?

Greetings stargazers. Happy monsoons. Even if I haven’t seen many stars in the past week, at least the plants in…

August 12, 2024

Healing Nutrition

Boosting brain power through nutrition

We’ve all experienced it, that moment when you can’t think of the word, and you just sort of babble as…

August 12, 2024

Action Line

Don’t panic and pitch: Hazardous waste day is coming!

A lectern donated in Gilbert Jackson’s name in 1892 is still in use at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Durango.…

August 12, 2024

Opinion

‘Current weather worse than prior times’

In reponse to a guest column in The Colorado Sun on July 19, Trish Zornio said: “Fifteen years ago not…

August 11, 2024

Dear Abby

Young dog has become a nuisance and a danger

DEAR ABBY: I am a retiree with diabetes and heart trouble. My husband is disabled. I’m his sole caregiver when…

August 10, 2024

Opinion

There is still a scandal around president Joe Biden

Ross Douthat(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) One of the Biden White House’s greatest achievements, from the perspective of its…

August 10, 2024

Opinion

Project 2025 puts public lands in peril

David Lien Google “Project 2025.” It’s a 920-page manifesto for a potential second Trump administration that has something (bad) for…

August 10, 2024

Opinion

Nuclear cheerleading is fine – but what about the cost?

Allen Best It mystifies me, this perfervid belief in nuclear energy that I see in parts of Colorado. Just weeks…

August 10, 2024

Gulliford's Travels

Paddling Birch Creek, Alaska: Dispatch from a warming world

Alaska Natives are proud of their culture and subsistence lifestyle as seen in this photo mural in Fairbanks, Alaska. Climate…

August 9, 2024

Opinion

‘Content to move at a cow’s pace. Ungulates amble’

Cross I like cows. Yes, I am a bovinophile. They are warm cuddly independent beasts who choose to go through…

August 9, 2024

Dear Abby

Unstable relative reappears as dad’s health declines

DEAR ABBY: My aunt frequently cuts people out of her life for perceived slights – small, large and imagined. A…

August 8, 2024

From the Extension Office

Being an entrepreneur is risky and rewarding business

It’s that time of year. Pop-up lemonade stands hosted by enthusiastic children dwindle with the start of school. Cottage Foods…

August 8, 2024

Creating Community

Teaching children about disabilities

What did you learn about disabilities as a kid? I grew up in Louisiana and Arkansas in the 1970s and…

August 8, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

The Watson Twins: ‘It’s one of our true gifts in life’

They were singing before they could walk and talk. Identical twins Chandra and Leigh Watson have been harmonizing together since…

August 7, 2024

Stewards of the Land

Erosion: The Power of Water

A raging river has the opportunity to carve landscapes using the power of erosion. (Courtesy of John Washburn) Wherever you…

August 7, 2024

Opinion

Unmined coal ‘follows market, law, public opinion’

cca The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing…

August 7, 2024

Dear Abby

Boyfriend’s addiction a deal-breaker

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my live-in boyfriend, “Kyle,” for four years. He has many great qualities, the most…

August 6, 2024

Action Line

Let’s leave no steppingstone unturned

This stone block from more than a century ago was a step to assist riders up into a carriage seat.…

August 5, 2024

Opinion

‘I’ve become a person I could not even imagine in my youth’

The quest for a personal and unique identity attracts a great deal of attention these days. Contemporary society seems to…

August 4, 2024

Opinion

Rapid growth, water: ‘Not just concerning; it’s alarming’

cca Colorado and the other six states that share the Colorado River will not solve the current water crisis without…

August 4, 2024

Dear Abby

Parents angered when neighbor calls 911

DEAR ABBY: My next-door neighbors, whom I have become close with, have three adult children. My friends admit it’s always…

August 3, 2024