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Opinion

Town halls for Dem ticket: ‘Think the Super Bowl with Taylor Swift in stands’

cca Mark my words: Joe Biden is going to be out of the 2024 presidential race. Whether he is ready…

July 10, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Elder Grown goes back to summer camp

Members of local band Elder Grown are moving on to bigger scenes. They aren’t leaving the band, but they are…

July 9, 2024

Dear Abby

Handsy male friends thumb noses at fiance

DEAR ABBY: My fiancee has a number of male friends she has known for years. One of them stops off…

July 9, 2024

Healing Nutrition

Ditch the evening snacks to sleep better and feel your best

Do you know that feeling? The one where you’ve finished a healthy dinner and then thought to yourself, “I need…

July 9, 2024

Action Line

Wannabe Denver TV viewers seem ‘Designated’ to suffer

There’s a lot of weirdness here in this map of Television Market Areas, with counties labeled by Action Line. The…

July 8, 2024

Sports

SetSetSet, or hook setting, is last part of landing fish

cca Six years ago, I looked it up, I wrote a column about setting the hook when fly fishing. I…

July 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Truest form of patriotism, a love that isn’t complacent’

cca Patriotism did not bring my grandfather to the Army recruiter’s office in 1956. Poverty did. A youth spent picking…

July 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Baby-boomer cohorts lazy about issues we cared so passionately about’

cca I will forever be grateful to our former public defender, a man I greatly admire, a man who helped…

July 7, 2024

Opinion

‘Rooted in long-standing traditions of hunting, fishing, exploring wild places’

cca As a proud member of the Colorado chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers and a proponent of the Sportsmen…

July 7, 2024

Dear Abby

Aging father has made plans for assets

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single retired grandfather in the South. My daughter, 50, has hitched her wagon to an alcoholic.…

July 6, 2024

Dear Abby

Grandma feels slighted by stolen nickname

DEAR ABBY: We have five grandchildren. All but one call me MeeMaw. I’ve been MeeMaw since my first grandchild was…

July 6, 2024

Dear Abby

Online acquaintance wants to get closer

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 70-year-old Black woman who looks about 45 or 50. I recently met a man online while…

July 6, 2024

Opinion

On wolves: Ballot box ‘right framework for ethical issues’

Skiba Since the passage of Proposition 114, which mandated the restoration of gray wolves to Colorado, there has been a…

July 5, 2024

Opinion

‘Taught to think with our wallets, not our brains’

cca After the first presidential debate, the whole nation is panicked because one candidate can’t stop lying and the other…

July 5, 2024

Creating Community

Harm reduction: A response to substance use and overdoses

La Plata County Public Health Department’s Harm Reduction program is a response to the rise in opioid-related overdoses both nationally…

July 3, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Caitlin Cannon returns to Durango

Singer-songwriter Caitlin Cannon’s move to Music City has been a worthy venture. The one-time Durango resident starting splitting her time…

July 3, 2024

Dear Abby

Woman targets man with disabilities

DEAR ABBY: My son “Ethan” is a visually impaired adult with disabilities. He’s articulate, down to earth and joyful to…

July 2, 2024

Action Line

Looking for relief – and a smiley face – at Santa Rita

If you’re looking for a place to relieve yourself at Santa Rita Park, aim here. (Action Line) Dear Action Line:…

July 1, 2024

Opinion

‘Disingenuous to place blame on energy producers versus consumers’

George SharpePicasa Vermont recently passed a law intended to “fine” oil and gas companies for damages caused by climate change.…

June 30, 2024

Opinion

Politics ‘a world of personal attacks, most outrageous lies imaginable’

cca Here we are at the end of June. Another “high point” in the never-ending election cycle that defines politics…

June 30, 2024

Opinion

It will cost you: ‘Climate change slows economic growth’

Mayor Dick Whitedu1-i-syn Thirty-eight trillion dollars per year! Climate change – especially global warming – slows economic growth around the…

June 30, 2024

Opinion

‘Learned the hard way clinical depression needs medical care’

cca Maybe I’m destined for cycles of deep depression. I’ve just come out of another that left me drained of…

June 30, 2024

La Plata Health Watch

Look out for the signs of heat illness

Living in the dry heat of the Southwest is one of the many advantages of Durango and surrounding communities. If…

June 28, 2024

Local First

Celebrate local independent business on Independence Day

As we celebrate the anniversary of our national independence, it’s also a good time to celebrate how local independent businesses…

June 28, 2024