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Gifts that don’t cost money

It’s Christmastime. I know this because the ads for gift buying, on television, started as I was tuning into a football game on Thanksgiving Day. And, since Christmas is less than a month aw...

DATE: Dec 2, 2022 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Yves Giraud throws down roots

When musician Yves Giraud moved to Montezuma County, he found the musician pool deeper and packed with more musicians than anticipated. It was not as deep as in his former homes of Los Angel...

DATE: Dec 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Woman accosted for saying things she didn’t

DEAR ABBY: A friend, “Marie,” approached me in the parking lot after church, raising her voice, flailing her arms and saying three people had told her that I told them to stay away from her ...

DATE: Dec 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Abused wife seeks path forward

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 30 years has always made me feel like I wasn’t good enough for him. He would flirt with other women and say things to me about an ex-girlfriend he broke up with befo...

DATE: Nov 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Blame Clessie’s make: Jake brakes take cake

Dear Action Line: We live close to the intersection of U.S. Highway 550 and Trimble Lane, where there is a traffic light. The residents in that area are subjected to frequent day and nig...

DATE: Nov 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Winery moves into former Irish Embassy basement in Durango

Business offers eight homemade wines

DATE: Nov 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local First

Mom deals with fallout from past decision

DEAR ABBY: Fifteen years ago, I “ran away from home” to get away from my adult children, and I finally made a life for myself. They were able to stay in the house because I continued to pay ...

DATE: Nov 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Canine distemper: What is it, what does it do and how can you protect your pet?

Over the past couple of years, we’ve all been learning about viruses and what we can do to keep ourselves safe. It’s no different for our pets. Our pets are exposed to viruses, too, some of ...

DATE: Nov 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Respiratory viral season is here

If you are like our family, visits to the tissue aisle at the grocery store have been up this year. Yes, COVID-19 is still a thing, but I’m talking more generally about respiratory viral sea...

DATE: Nov 25, 2022 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Man’s wife going off the rails

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for close to a year, and in this short time I’ve seen a side of my wife I’ve never seen before. Although I met her during a period of sobriety, she drinks now....

DATE: Nov 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Basilaris fuses diverse sounds into music

Albuquerque-based musician Lukas Scarpetta wanted to form a jazz band that didn’t want to be a traditional jazz band. It was all about branching out, using jazz as a musical starting point b...

DATE: Nov 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Never too late to save a river

An old river-running motto says, “Old boaters never die, they just get a little dinghy.” And some never lose their passion for keeping rivers wild. Consider California’s Stanislaus River. In...

DATE: Nov 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion