I can’t ‘C’ how that channel is for bikes at Riverview?

Dear Action Line, I can easily take my bike up the stairs at the swinging bridge because the metal wheel groove is open and easy to use. On the other hand, the stairs at Riverview s...

Fly casting is magic

Good fly casting means more and better fish

Broken permits, broken promise: How bots and bureaucrats locked out river runners

In the 1980s and ’90s, river runners in the southwestern United States packed their gear and headed into canyon country. Those trips were the heartbeat of their year – where people connected...

Small wins, big tradeoffs: What Hurd’s numbers actually show

Voters understand how government works. They know compromise is part of the job. They accept negotiation. Tradeoffs are inevitable. What’s harder to accept is when representation begins to r...

How Colorado’s 3rd District wins the next era of manufacturing

In Colorado’s 3rd District, we do not wait for Washington to save us. We build. We produce. We compete. For too long, federal economic policy has operated in reverse. A plant closes. A mine...

Book club crashers hijack meetings

DEAR ABBY: My spouse and I host regular meetings of a book club. It has been very successful; lots of people attend. We serve wonderful food and wine. Two attendees rarely miss this event, a...

Who’s ready to garden?

OK, a quick show of hands: How many of you are ready to get out there into the yard or garden? That’s what I thought. If we can’t ski without a snorkel, the least we can do is start planning...

Keeping the people’s forest: Durango must protect its remarkable urban canopy

Durango is the beneficiary of one of Colorado’s premier city forests, comprised of over 12,000 trees of 163 species (Durango Forestry Management Plan 2024). For a town of our size, this is a...

Girlfriend leaves amid man’s rough stretch

DEAR ABBY: I’m a senior male who has been married and divorced twice. For the last eight years, I have been in a relationship with an amazing woman. She has always had some control issues, b...

Southwest Civic Winds celebrates 14 years

Southwest Civic Winds likes themes and milestones. The symphonic wind ensemble will celebrate its 14th season with a pair of performances titled “An American Overture,” a show that will cele...

Face uncertainty, live intentionally and plan thoughtfully

Leafing through my Final Exit Network quarterly publication, I came to an article by a man with beginning stage Alzheimer’s disease. This man is all for having a meaningful life for his rema...

Two bills in Congress could protect your right to contraception

One of my former partners had a way of rephrasing the Bible: “What the lord giveth, the lord can take away.” I fear he may be correct. Supreme Court Justice Thomas concurred with the majorit...