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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

Second marriage gets cold shoulder

DEAR ABBY: I left a manipulative and abusive marriage after 18 years. My parents fully supported my decision. When I became engaged to the wonderful man who is now my husband, my mother and ...

DATE: Nov 22, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Like cigarettes, city’s white poles are a calming influence

Dear Action Line: What’s with all those white poles sticking out in the street at the end of Fassbinder Park? – Pole-Stricken This was the more succinct of two questions Action Line rec...

DATE: Nov 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Holiday season in the heart of Durango

The Durango Business Improvement District has several holiday events and promotions to help you get into the holiday spirit. First up is Singing With Santa. This event kicks off the holidays...

DATE: Nov 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Knowledge is power in self-managed health care

It’s National Diabetes Month, and it’s worth mentioning for two reasons. One, because 37.7 million Americans are living with diabetes. However, 20% of them don’t know it yet. Second, 32 mill...

DATE: Nov 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Wolf Creek Pass receives a reprieve

The proposed Village at Wolf Creek development atop Wolf Creek Pass was recently rejected again by a federal judge. For some who might not be familiar, this is a long-suffering attempt to cr...

DATE: Nov 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Middle-aged daughter hasn’t left nest

DEAR ABBY: My husband passed away two years ago. I hope you can give me some advice on how to deal with my 53-year-old daughter who never left home. We generally get along well. She does fre...

DATE: Nov 19, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Re-envisioning Thanksgiving with ‘redemptive possibilities’

With Thanksgiving around the corner, it’s worth revisiting some of the holiday’s most cherished expressions. In such a revisiting, we can discover not only the gaps between aspirations and l...

DATE: Nov 18, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

It’s about time a real, live UFO visited us

Dear Action Line: A flying object appears every night, right at dusk, in the Grandview area on the south side of U.S. Highway 160, not far from the Family Dollar. Can you help me find ou...

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Beau keeps presence on dating sites

DEAR ABBY: I am a widowed woman who met a gentleman online two years ago. We met in person and get along really great. Everything seems perfect, but my girlfriends keep telling me they see h...

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Stillwater Music opens new venue

The local music scene is lacking an entry-level sized music venue. If you’re an up and coming, touring small-band or singer songwriter who hasn’t played this area in the past, there are not ...

DATE: Nov 17, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown