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Introvert wants to avoid planned outing

DEAR ABBY: I am in a group of friends who are mainly from the same country. We bond pretty well and occasionally spend time together. We mostly communicate by text in a chat group. Once in a...

DATE: Sep 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Colorado’s beauty is for everyone to enjoy: A trip on the trail

On the heels of a thoroughly ground-soaking rain at the Nature Center last week, a group of energetic boys from Ignacio and I slipped and slid down the Rattlesnake Ramble trail. Comments lik...

DATE: Sep 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Draco takes flight this time of year

Greetings stargazers. There is a dragon in our night sky. Draco is one of the circumpolar constellations that is above the northern horizon year-round, but is especially well-positioned to p...

DATE: Sep 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Cottonwood Wash, Bears Ears and the character of canyons

In an extraordinary move this summer, The Wildlands Conservancy, with support from the Center of Biological Diversity and other donors, purchased 320 acres in Cottonwood Wash near Bluff, Uta...

DATE: Sep 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

National disability provider crisis impacts local services

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending a statewide gathering of disability service providers where we explored the Colorado and national trends impacting the support of people with intel...

DATE: Sep 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

‘Residents must understand consequences’ of Roberts Village Camp Durango

Can you trust our county codes to protect from development you never imagined? We in the Animas Valley thought we could. We were wrong! The Animas Valley has something the rest of La Plata C...

DATE: Sep 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Eh? Did you hear that? Or is it me?

In a recent column, I criticized the intentional film technique of “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan to make some of the dialogue inaudible. I am still stewing over this. And now I ha...

DATE: Sep 8, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Ragged Oak to play iAM MUSIC

Joshua Mendrala is a storyteller. His method of storytelling is through writing, something he’s wanted to do since he was a kid. After banging out poems, short stories and books, he wanted ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Man’s past troubles wife

DEAR ABBY: Two years before he met me, my husband of four years did something I feel was morally repugnant: He solicited a prostitute. When he committed this act, he was going through a dark...

DATE: Sep 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Months of constant contrasts

Aug. 16, 2023: If you’ve seen me in the last few weeks, you may have noticed a little spark that I’ve been missing for the past year. I’m coming out of my grief and sorrow. I know this ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

New tipping trend hurts those who need gratuities most

You know a trend has attained critical momentum when it is assigned an easily recognizable moniker. Chances are this one has recently worked itself into your vocabulary: Tip creep. It descri...

DATE: Sep 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Return-to-office mandates pit spouse against spouse

The return-to-office tug of war is playing out not only between bosses and employees but between spouses. Corporate insistence that workers show up at the office sets up a conflict between t...

DATE: Sep 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion