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Visit Durango, former DAHLA members form coalition

Visit Durango is delighted to announce a new and exciting resource for the hospitality and lodging community of La Plata County! Visit Durango’s Sales & Services Task Force has joined with t...

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Living with boyfriend requires dealing with dad

DEAR ABBY: I live with my boyfriend and his father. I moved in two years ago to help them pay bills so they could keep living in the house my boyfriend grew up in. But the situation has beco...

DATE: Sep 16, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Colleague’s cancer fight waged in different manner

DEAR ABBY: My husband was diagnosed with advanced chronic leukemia seven years ago. After two rounds of chemo, he was better for a while but was diagnosed with advanced multiple myeloma a ye...

DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

iAM MUSIC Fest features Ramakhandra

Members of Denver-based band Ramakhandra all knew they had to make music with each other seconds after they met. They’re also a band that came together on the fly, and almost never could ha...

DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

La Plata County 4-H members earn awards at Colorado State Fair

The La Plata County 4-H year is officially wrapping up, and what a wonderful year it has been. Our La Plata County Fair was a huge success – full of fun and excitement. Our 4-H members were ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Middle schooler finds it hard to make new friends

DEAR ABBY: My daughter is in eighth grade at a small private school. The problem is, she doesn’t have any friends there. Away from school she makes friends easily. But around classmates she ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man finds lost family, still feels unwanted

DEAR ABBY: I was adopted at 6 weeks old. My parents adopted my sister two years later. They weren’t very good parents – not abusive, but with no understanding of how to treat children. Ten y...

DATE: Sep 13, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Leaf-peeping takes on new meaning

Dear Action Line: Yes, we all enjoy the greenery in and around Durango, and especially how all the plants have surged with summer rains. But too much of a good thing, even a green thing,...

DATE: Sep 12, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Driving the Loneliest Road in America

A trip across the vast expanse of the Great Basin

DATE: Sep 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

‘Delivering on what matters most’

Southwest Colorado embodies the freedom, natural beauty and pioneering spirit that our state is known for. As governor, I am focused on protecting our way of life, lowering the cost of livin...

DATE: Sep 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Will be a governor for all’

I am a mom on a mission to make sure every Colorado child has access to the same American Dream I have lived. Unfortunately, that dream is slipping away, and Colorado is becoming the most da...

DATE: Sep 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The difference between a tropical year and a sidereal year

Greetings, stargazers. The autumnal equinox this year is at 7:03 p.m. Sept. 22. We typically think of the first day of fall as something that happens all day long, but the equinox is the tim...

DATE: Sep 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies