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Expanding use of vaccines an effective strategy to fight COVID-19

Safe and effective vaccines continue to be our single best defense against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since the early summer, the delta variant of the virus has been the dom...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

It’s past time for Colorado to tackle the ‘pink tax’

We’re all aware that the role of women has changed in the last centuries, but probably less aware that their biology has also changed. Together, these changes have helped change society. Cur...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

BID fall promotions and events

Durango Business Improvement District has several events and promotions planned for this fall. Come out and join us! The North Main District Rewards Program will start in early October and w...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Wife ready to end long marriage

DEAR ABBY: When I found out a few months ago that my husband of 24 years had been having affairs with several men, it devastated me. I have gone to counseling to try to deal with the pain a...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Family navigates Asperger’s

DEAR ABBY: I’m a minor living at home with my parents and my brother. Everything's pretty stable. Mom works, but she isn’t gone all the time or anything like that. However, I have a lot of ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Couple eager to live on their own

DEAR ABBY: I am a 25-year-old woman. My fiance is 26. Both of us live at home with our parents but have decided to move out in a few months to an apartment. Although his parents have given t...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

October a perfect time to check out local library

“There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne As summer wanes, it is ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

Eric Kiefer one step ahead of live-music changes

Eric Kiefer was well prepared for the change the pandemic handed the live music business back in spring 2020. That change was in the mode of performance, when musicians went from standing o...

DATE: Sep 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Trouble losing weight? Maybe it’s stress

For years, research has revealed that stress significantly impacts our bodies and our health; from a metabolic standpoint stress impacts our body’s ability to achieve peak health. For examp...

DATE: Sep 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Couple wrestles with communication issues

DEAR ABBY: I love my wife very much, but we are, unfortunately, having a communication/interpretation issue. She is inquisitive and asks a lot of questions. I become defensive when I’m ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Coming soon? The Holiday Inn spur trail

Dear Action Line: Why is the river path/easement behind Natural Grocers still closed? It was my understanding that the improvements were a condition of building the hotel. Yet, the hotel...

DATE: Sep 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Our evolving environmental baseline

The phrase “new normal” is tossed around frequently to describe our changing environment and climate. It highlights what we each consider our baseline understanding of the world around us, ...

DATE: Sep 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green