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With new tax in the bag, groceries coming off the table

Dear Action Line: My observation is that our community has adapted pretty well to the new bag laws. Like many other folks, I take reusable bags shopping. The 10-cent plastic bag fee hasn...

DATE: Apr 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

What is Downtown’s Next Step?

The Durango Business Improvement District has worked for businesses in the heart of Durango since 1997. BID views itself as the protector of downtown, so we need to know what changes might b...

DATE: Apr 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Conservation Rule Proposed for BLM

Public lands users have an opportunity over the next two months to offer feedback to the Bureau of Land Management about new rules that would elevate conservation to equal status with the ag...

DATE: Apr 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Advice for dementia caregivers: ‘Enjoy your own life’

Thanks to The Durango Herald for its excellent, informative and helpful news story on Wednesday, detailing the dynamics of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. The numbers are staggeri...

DATE: Apr 16, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Mom’s unwelcome comments need to dry up

DEAR ABBY: I am tattooed. I have 11 spread over my body. I grew up with strict rules. My mom always said no piercings (other than ears) or tattoos while I was under her roof. I got my first ...

DATE: Apr 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Durango Bluegrass Meltdown coming next weekend

The bluegrass bug bit Keith Reed when he was 15. First hearing the music on television and film, he then took the typical path of discovery for the genre, which was borrowing records and slo...

DATE: Apr 13, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Looking forward to summer: Interpretive events

There is no shortage of splendor in the grandiose peaks, sprawling meadows and diverse forests of Southwest Colorado. Whether you’re a mountain biker seeking the most epic of single tracks, ...

DATE: Apr 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Rediscovered love can be complicated

DEAR ABBY: After being divorced for 18 years, I have reconnected with my high school sweetheart. She got in touch with me, and we started talking and seeing each other. She says she loves me...

DATE: Apr 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Should eggs be part of diet for optimal health?

Eggs have been a staple food for humans for thousands of years and for good reason. They are packed with an abundance of nutrients important for health. Eggs could be labeled a superfood fo...

DATE: Apr 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Is there a right way to build a left turn lane?

Dear Action Line: Why is the left turn lane into Bodo on northbound U.S. Highway 550/160 almost three times longer than the left turn lane onto U.S. Highway 160 west just up the road? If...

DATE: Apr 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Singing birds, flowing waters: Arizona’s San Pedro riparian NCA

After a wet snowy winter, maybe it is time to head south to Arizona, soak up some sun and listen to migratory bird songs. We think of the Bureau of Land Management as owning thousands of acr...

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

Cosmology tackles big subjects

Greetings stargazers. How did we get here? Where are we going? How big and how old is the universe, and what is our place in it? These are some of the big questions that some might argue go ...

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

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