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We can do better by women with disabilities

In honor of Women’s History Month, let’s look at a group of people who too often remain invisible: women with disabilities. Disability has a higher prevalence in women than men. In fact, the...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Dana Ariel makes new record

Three days is a short amount of time taken to make a record. Or maybe it’s the perfect amount of time. Watch enough of that old VH1 television program “Behind the Music,” and you’ll learn m...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Stewardship of San Juans a priority through the seasons

It is another radiant, bluebird day in the San Juan Mountains, and 30 people are strapping on snowshoes in preparation for San Juan Mountains Association’s third interpretive ski and snowsho...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Career polygamy: The new way to work

My daughter recently encountered a disturbing issue at her place of employment that I did not know was out there. She is the vice president of people operations at a tech startup. One of he...

DATE: Mar 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Woman not happy with her life

DEAR ABBY: For years, I’ve heard about what and where a woman “should” be in her life once she turns the big 3-0. She should have a thriving career, be married with kids – or at least engage...

DATE: Mar 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man’s behavior at home self-centered

DEAR ABBY: I refer to my husband as “the most single married man” I know. He turns off the lights, turns off the heat and turns off the TV while I’m still watching or still plan on being hom...

DATE: Mar 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

To foster good health, try produce over supplements

In recognition of March being National Nutrition Month, it seems fitting to explore a source of nutrition we often place on a pedestal. Standing there with presumed super powers, you find th...

DATE: Mar 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Stand up for public access to navigable rivers

Eighty-year-old Roger Hill used to go fishing on the Arkansas River in Colorado. But he sometimes had to duck baseball-size rocks thrown at him by landowners who insisted he was trespassing....

DATE: Mar 9, 2022 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Wife ready to hit the bricks

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “Arthur” for 50 years. There have been many problems in our marriage, and we even separated a couple of times. I had kids to raise and never enough money to...

DATE: Mar 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Mom doesn’t want grandma involved with son

DEAR ABBY: My son just withdrew from college with a medical leave because of anxiety and depression. My husband and I support him fully and are helping him receive the help he needs. Of cour...

DATE: Mar 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Mother eager to reveal truth about son

DEAR ABBY: Thirty-two years ago I was seeing two different men. I slept with each of them in the same week and became pregnant. I told them midway through the pregnancy that the baby might b...

DATE: Mar 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Offering help for a sticker situation

Dear Action Line: I just finished the annual task of applying the new year decal on my vehicle license plate. As usual, I needed to decide if I would comply with the instruction: “Remova...

DATE: Mar 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line