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COVID-19 created multiple tragedies

The COVID-19 pandemic has generated tragedy in at least four ways. The first and most obvious tragedy is the loss of human lives. The confirmed global death toll of 6 million grossly underco...

DATE: Apr 1, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Teen discovers mom’s affair

DEAR ABBY: I am 15 and have a big problem. My mom and my dad have been married a long time. I was looking through pictures on Mom’s phone and found some very inappropriate and romantic texts...

DATE: Mar 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Nathan Kalish plays pop-up show

Musician Nathan Kalish recently made himself a bit more local. The Nashville, Tennessee-based singer-songwriter, who last played Durango in 2018, won’t be moving to the area, but he has sign...

DATE: Mar 31, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Man abusive amid wife’s cancer

DEAR ABBY: I have wanted to write you for years, but my ex-husband thought it was “ridiculous.” We were married 29 years and rarely argued, which led me to believe we had a great marriage. T...

DATE: Mar 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Selfish bride: Am I being selfish?

DEAR ABBY: I am being married to the love of my life. Aside from my soon-to-be husband, the most important participant in our wedding will be my 70-year-old father, whom I adore. Dad has bee...

DATE: Mar 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Stepmom shocked by teen’s online activity

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my husband for a little over three years. I have two teen girls, and he has one. They get along for the most part, but lately my 18-year-old, “Lindsay,” and...

DATE: Mar 29, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Solving that raging deer poop vs. dog poop debate

Dear Action Line: Realizing you’ve touched on “dog poop” a few times over the years, it’s been a while. Are you ready to dig back into this tasty topic? We live close to the Animas River...

DATE: Mar 28, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Pandemic stress affected our daily health choices

In February, I discussed the broad spectrum of indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on individual and public health. These range from impacts on mental health to accessing chronic dise...

DATE: Mar 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Knowing Ukrainian refugees makes war much more personal

“We believe that widespread, effective and voluntary use of medically sound and individually acceptable birth control is an essential factor in any humane design to raise world living standa...

DATE: Mar 26, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

John Pizzarelli plays The Lift at Cascade Village

The Great American Songbook is no longer limited to early 20th century jazz, pop and show tunes. Sure, George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin will always be at the top of the heap o...

DATE: Mar 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Leaving is easy, but returning? Not so much

Dear Action Line: I am flying out of Durango-La Plata airport at the end of August. My travel agent was puzzled that she couldn’t get me back to Durango on Sept. 11. She can only get me ...

DATE: Mar 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line

A tale of two Western counties – Delta, Montrose

Why would rural Delta County say no to a solar farm that would enrich the county by $13 million over 15 years, at about the same time neighboring Montrose County said yes to a solar farm tha...

DATE: Mar 21, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion