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Ragwater brings the rock ’n’ roll

There’s been little rock ’n’ roll downtime for Chris Haas and Chris Rapp. The Pagosa Springs musicians – Haas a vocalist and Rapp a guitar player – have a musical partnership that dates back...

Saving money along the road to retirement

With summer nearing its end, I hope you’ve had a chance to do something that leaves you Feelin’ Good Again. For many, that includes travel. The distance traveled is irrelevant, it’s seeing ...

Woman concerned about nephew’s care

DEAR ABBY: My younger sister, “Fern,” gave birth to a son three months ago. Since she returned to work, it seems like all she does is dump her baby, “Ricky,” on others so she can sleep with ...

Beating the breakfast blues

How do you like to start you day? Do you know that those first few choices each morning will set your brain up for what you continue to choose for the rest of the day? How we wake up in the ...

Purple Cliffs ‘inherent to who we have become as a nation’

JoVonna Miller, a fourth-year student at Fort Lewis College, never envisioned herself living at Purple Cliffs. But for three weeks this summer, it was the only place she and her 13-year-old ...

2017 sign honors fallen trooper from 1959

Dear Action Line: Why is there a sign outside the Strater Hotel dedicated to a State Trooper? I don’t know who this is or what happened. Did I miss something? – Just Joe Dear Joe: Well,...

Could 2022 be the ‘Year of the Weeds’?

As the 2022 growing season comes to close (hopefully slowly), it is up to all of us to come up with the title. For example, 2021 was “The Year of the Grasshopper.” While not all stretches o...

‘What did you do this summer?’

This is the age-old first day of school assignment, ice-breaker exercise. I love summer and had a good one. Some travel, lots of swimming, good food from the garden, fun times with friends, ...

Husband tired of being ignored at home

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my wife for 25 years, married for 22 of them. I love her very much, but sometimes I feel it isn’t mutual. We have three children, all girls, ranging in age from e...

Colorado leading the charge in building a comprehensive suicide prevention model

September is National Suicide Prevention Month and San Juan Basin Public Health is working hard in a national coalition to help prevent suicide in our communities and beyond. The Colorado-N...

There’s more to fly fishing than catching

Just getting out can be rewarding

‘Tragedy of the commons’ explains fake news crisis

Fake news, disinformation and conspiracy theories abound. If you want to understand the crazy, mixed-up, 21st century information ecosystem, think about it as what is called a “tragedy of th...