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Group Shower driven by music

Band will play Saturday at Nordfest III

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

The escalating challenges of ranching in a hotter, drier Colorado

Jeff and Nicole Helmer have been ranching livestock in Southwest Colorado for 20 years. “Most every year is drier than the last,” they said. “Things that used to grow cannot compete with the...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Colleague’s mockery hits a nerve

DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, I found out my adult child is transgender. Nobody knows yet except for me, my husband and my other child. Until this year, I have always worked in a very caring,...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

So, what’s bugging you this spring?

Most of us get very excited as the days get longer and the plants are greener, and spring is officially warming our hearts as well as our skin. But we all notice that with a warming to our h...

DATE: Jun 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Leveraging nutrition for better sleep

A lot of your daily life – what you accomplish, how you interact, how you react – is dependent on our energy and how we feel throughout the day. The food you eat and the quality of your slee...

DATE: Jun 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Why e-bike use in Durango is only half-charged

Dear Action Line, I’ve noticed that some trails in Durango allow e-bikes while others don’t. This is different from other places I’ve been. Can you explain why and where e-bikes are...

DATE: Jun 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and a Road Less Traveled

Driving north of Taos and Tres Piedras, New Mexico, and headed toward the Colorado line, I’d seen the sign for Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, but I’d never turned off. Now in July l...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Straight from the experts, Southwest Colorado’s most important projects and pressing issues

Now that the legislative session is over, my weeks have filled up with visits around the district and meetings with constituents. First, I want to give a huge thanks to the League of Women ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The lack of pride for the country I served

I just read an article regarding an 84-year-old disabled Vietnam veteran who has taken his U.S. flag down in protest of what Donald Trump and his administration are doing to my country. The ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Disturbed and frightened by ‘disappeared’ migrants

An article (Herald, May 15) on the arrest of five people at work at the local business, Rock Solid, sent a chill through me. A subsequent article (H erald, May 20) on the raid noted t...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Rep. Hurd’s public lands’ words and actions are inconsistent, troubling, confusing and contradictory

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s recent op-ed, “Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods” (Herald, Jun. 1), invites important discussion. As a La Plata County commissioner w...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Toddler draws relatives’ rebuke

DEAR ABBY: My husband’s stepmother passed recently after a long illness, and her children specifically wanted our family, including our 2-year-old, to be at her service. When we arrived at t...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

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Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.