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Holiday fun in Durango

This holiday season, spread a little joy and engage with your local Durango community. Go on a holiday shopping spree, shop local and enjoy a variety of festivities. One can work up quite th...

DATE: Dec 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

We can progress through challenges, step by step

Perhaps it’s the extended fall-like weather we’ve experienced, or evidence of getting older, but I’m having a hard time believing it’s December, let alone the end of another year. It was dur...

DATE: Dec 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Through Village Aid Project students gain practical experience while serving others

Recently, my wife, Suzanne, and I attended an event at Fort Lewis College as a benefit for the Village Aid Project. Please read on as we learned about a small but wonderful and amazing proje...

DATE: Dec 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Tone Dog: 'We decided we had something good going’

Bluegrass jams produce bluegrass bands. It’s well known that Durango has a healthy bluegrass music community, a community that supports bluegrass concerts and festivals, a fertile musical sp...

DATE: Dec 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

La Plata County welcomes the voices of a diverse population

La Plata County is home to a rich tapestry of diversity, which is something to be celebrated. Within our borders is the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, a sovereign nation, and the neighboring Ut...

DATE: Dec 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Does undereating really increase binge eating?

It’s that time of year when we tend to be more susceptible to filling our bellies “like bowls full of jelly”! For many, this tendency to “binge eat” is not only a struggle during the holiday...

DATE: Dec 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Husband’s little secret revealed

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for 41 years, married for 30, but we lived together for five years before we tied the knot. I have just learned he has a son who is two months younger ...

DATE: Dec 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Was Durango born in 1880 or 1881? Gerald Ford has an answer

Dear Action Line: Seeing your post (Nov. 13) regarding the Welcome to Durango sign gave me the idea to ask you this question. Why is Durango confused about when it was established? We ha...

DATE: Dec 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

If winter is dry, watering your plants is wise

Here we go again. Over the years, I have written well over a dozen articles about our climate: too much snow in the winter and how it damages trees; not enough water in the winter and what ...

DATE: Dec 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Receiving and giving

A fly fisherman reflects on the past year

DATE: Dec 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Sports

Open enrollment is here – find out how affordable health insurance can be

The COVID-19 pandemic has proved how major medical events can happen to any of us, no matter how healthy we are. Even though health insurance cannot prevent you from getting sick or hurt, it...

DATE: Dec 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Do something unique – give an experience

’Tis the season, and the spirit of giving has never been felt more than now as we continue to navigate “the new normal.” Gifting can mean different things to different people. It can be som...

DATE: Dec 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber