Columnists

Man refuses to confront friend who assaulted wife

DEAR ABBY: My husband’s best friend groped my privates several years ago at a party. It was traumatizing. I have…

October 11, 2022

Action Line

Did the county once have a “poor farm”?

The La Plata County Poor Farm back in the day. Date of photo unknown. (Courtesy Animas Museum) Dear Action Line:…

October 10, 2022

Gulliford's Travels

Touring the Grand Circle: A report from national parks in the Southwest

A tourist looks at an interpretive sign on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon. President Theodore Roosevelt said the…

‘Serving as People’s Lawyer’

As Colorado’s attorney general, I am committed to serving as the People’s Lawyer. My job is to defend Colorado citizens…

‘Do you feel safer today?’

“Do you feel safer today than you did four years ago?” That’s the question everyone has to answer this November…

From the Extension Office

Calabacitas: Fall vegetables make a favorite family meal

Even if you don’t love cooking, I bet you have at least one family recipe you make periodically. You make…

What's up in Durango Skies

Andromeda visible in northeastern sky

Greetings stargazers. Andromeda is one of the 88 modern constellations that was likely known and named long before it appeared…

Holidays far from happy for family

DEAR ABBY: With the holidays approaching, I am starting to become anxious. I have a family member who ruins every…

October 7, 2022

Stewards of the Land

Forest Ambassadors end second successful season

In Durango, the shift from summer to autumn brings warmer layers out of the closet, plans for desert season and…

October 7, 2022

Downtown Lowdown

Skerryvore brings combo of rock, Celtic music

Skerryvore is band with a great identity crisis. Call them a rock band with a Celtic-music habit, or a Celtic…

October 6, 2022

Miscarriage brings emotional fallout

DEAR ABBY: My partner and I have just suffered a miscarriage. It was our first pregnancy, and even though it…

October 6, 2022

Local First

Farmington Makers Market winds up with major turnout

Southwest Apple and Chile Fest closes arts and crafts season

October 6, 2022

Niece keeps secret life from mom

DEAR ABBY: My niece, “Amanda,” is 19 and fairly close with my daughter “Hayley,” who is 18. Since graduating from…

October 5, 2022

Action Line

Keep the faith, river trail and Oktoberfest fans

Animas River Trail users following detour directions on Wednesday used the alternate route. Those young punks not following directions, like…

October 3, 2022

Authentic Aging

Can we change the doom and gloom upon us?

When in our long lives so far, have we ever felt so much dread at the state we are in?…

‘Qualifications, experience, work ethic’

Since Rep. Lauren Boebert won the 2020 Republican primary election, she has made a mockery of CD3 while spending most…

Housing crisis isn’t a crisis. It’s capitalism.

The Other Sidecca Absent a shift in our moral compass, our current form of free-market capitalism will transform U.S. society…

What it feels like to find out you have Alzheimer’s

Kim Martincca I had been noticing something was different about me when I, a lifelong reader, started avoiding reading instructions…

KSUT takes deeper dive into history, mission

Tami GrahamChristopher Marona Southern Ute Tribal Radio station manager Sheila Nanaeto is interviewed in Durango filmmaker Sean Owens documentary “Tribal…

Living arrangement includes surprise roommate

DEAR ABBY: I was in a relationship that abruptly ended because he cheated. We didn’t have kids, so I moved…

September 30, 2022