Longtime girlfriend tired of competing

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my boyfriend for 17 years. He has a friend, “Byron,” whom he hangs out with multiple times a week, sometimes up to six days. Byron’s wife, “Crystal,” (married 22 ye...

Big Brother is making you watch him

A poster depicting an enormous face gazed from the wall. The caption ran, “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU.” So wrote George Orwell at the open of his dystopian novel “Nineteen Eighty-Four.” Big...

On the Road with the street cleaning machines

Dear Action Line, I live on the north side of town and noticed the street sweeper yesterday. I assume it wouldn’t be running if we had snow on the streets, but there it was, driving...

A love letter to my veterinarian

We need more veterinarians like mine in the equine field

The failure of American democracy in the era of Trump

In just over a year of Trump 2, the president’s flurry of executive orders have been like a tornado shredding the fabric of our democracy. One glaring example is Trump’s global tariffs impos...

When snow comes late, we rely on a more resilient Durango

Snow finally arrived, only two months late. An extremely low snowpack does not only shape winter, it influences our river levels, fire risk and trail conditions – influencing visitor behavio...

Colorado turns 150: Honoring the stories that bind us

As we move through the rhythm of daily life with school drop-offs, work meetings or errands, it’s easy to focus only on what’s right in front of us. But every so often, it’s worth stepping b...

Bathroom guest leads to unfortunate incident

DEAR ABBY: At a recent family gathering, my sister-in-law “Paula” asked my husband if she could use our bathroom. We have three in our home – one off the kitchen, one upstairs and one in our...

Coal’s resurgence lands in the Four Corners

Two notable events occurred last week in jarring juxtaposition. The seven Colorado River basin states failed to reach agreement on how to manage the river’s ever-diminishing flows, while si...

Improving your pets’ lives with a foster

My home is run by three fuzz balls: a husky mix (Goose), a pocket pittie (Stevie) and one perfect siamese cat (Pepperoni). All three came from Humane Societies, each arriving with their own ...

Dear Rachel: I want to maintain friendship but feel suffocated

I have a longtime friend who seems to want more time with me than I want to spend. I have explained that I am a home body, an introvert if you will. We have discussed this many times ove...

What the public doesn’t know about being homeless

Our country possesses more than sufficient infrastructure to address the housing crisis, yet the public hears only metrics and numbers, the occasional article about a “knife-wielding man” or...