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La Plata County Healthy Homes program targets radon risk during national awareness month

January is National Radon Action Month. Radon is a colorless, odorless radioactive gas produced by the natural decay of uranium found in nearly all soil. It seeps into houses through cracks ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2026 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

CSU Extension weighs in on this year's health trends

Safety in numbers, they say. Perhaps sage advice when you’re adventuring in the backcountry or unsafe areas. Yet, the need for psychological security, assurance you aren’t alone, also extend...

DATE: Jan 9, 2026 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Boyfriend in no hurry to commit

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship for almost two years with an incredible man who makes my heart sing. We are both in our mid-30s. I have three children. He has one whom, for lack of ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2026 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Durango’s growing disrespect for seniors: From health care to dark chocolate

Lately, I am perceiving a disturbing trend here in our beloved hometown. Rather than respect for elders, I am seeing some callous treatment. More doctors are no longer accepting Medicare or ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Where should people with disabilities live? Anywhere

Where should people with disabilities live? For most of United States history, the answer has been simple: somewhere else. That was our answer when institutional care was the sole option for...

DATE: Jan 8, 2026 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Mojo Birds celebrates album release

The time from cutting an album to release of an album can be months. And in that time a song that is one way on an album can evolve into something different live. It’s all in the process of ...

DATE: Jan 7, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Growing talent locally: Why internships matter for Durango’s economy

Durango’s biggest export isn’t craft beer or mountain views – it’s our young people. Every May, when graduates receive their diplomas, they often also pick up a one-way ticket out of town. D...

DATE: Jan 7, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Long relationship reaches tipping point

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I have been together for 18 years. Everyone we know thinks we are married, but we never got it on paper. He has always been less empathetic than I would like, and...

DATE: Jan 7, 2026 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What’s happening with Denver TV in Southwest Colorado?

Dear Action Line, Why does NBC from Albuquerque channel 12 have such horrible sound on all sports and TV shows like “Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.”? These shows com...

DATE: Jan 5, 2026 | CATEGORY: Action Line

My New Year’s resolution: Lower the volume, raise the results

Every January, people make resolutions they half-expect to break. Exercise more. Eat better. Spend less time staring at their phones. Members of Congress don’t usually make resolutions in pu...

DATE: Jan 4, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

We the People will decide the fate of U.S. democracy in 2026

Democracies rarely collapse in dramatic moments. More often, they erode quietly – rules bent, norms ignored, institutions weakened until they exist mostly on paper. In 2025, the United State...

DATE: Jan 4, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Beginnings

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”- “Closing Time” by Semisonic

DATE: Jan 4, 2026 | CATEGORY: Columnists

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