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Girlfriend leaves amid man’s rough stretch

DEAR ABBY: I’m a senior male who has been married and divorced twice. For the last eight years, I have been in a relationship with an amazing woman. She has always had some control issues, b...

Southwest Civic Winds celebrates 14 years

Southwest Civic Winds likes themes and milestones. The symphonic wind ensemble will celebrate its 14th season with a pair of performances titled “An American Overture,” a show that will cele...

Face uncertainty, live intentionally and plan thoughtfully

Leafing through my Final Exit Network quarterly publication, I came to an article by a man with beginning stage Alzheimer’s disease. This man is all for having a meaningful life for his rema...

Two bills in Congress could protect your right to contraception

One of my former partners had a way of rephrasing the Bible: “What the lord giveth, the lord can take away.” I fear he may be correct. Supreme Court Justice Thomas concurred with the majorit...

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...