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Courthouse clock rings true once again

Dear Action Line: Why is the La Plata County Courthouse clocktower always sounding 8 minutes after the hour? Today I think it was actually 14 minutes late. Can you inquire with Quasimodo...

DATE: Sep 13, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Tales from the Grand Canyon’s North Rim

Fewer visitors make the trek to this side of the canyon, which has its own rich history

DATE: Sep 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

The time of giving is here

Autumn is by far my favorite time of year. I love fall sports, the cooler nights and changing colors. It’s not only a change in season, it’s a change in habits as the days get shorter, whi...

DATE: Sep 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Webb telescope to look at universe’s most distant objects

Greetings, stargazers. Light from distant stars travels for years in a perfectly straight line to get to Earth, only to be jiggled around and dispersed by the atmosphere in the last few kilo...

DATE: Sep 11, 2021 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

It’s important for all of us to educate ourselves about disability issues

When we speak of people with disabilities, we (present company included) often speak as though they are a single monolith. We do this because it more easily allows us to speak in broad strok...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Family’s help with child care comes at a cost

DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of four (soon to be five) young children. It is exhausting. My husband helps as much as he can, but sometimes we both need a break. My parents offer to watch th...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Woman starting to see through big talk

DEAR ABBY: I am a 41-year-old divorced woman. My two grown children live with their dad. I have been in a relationship with “Sir Talks-a-Lot” for 16 months. I feel like I love him, but I...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Teen navigates reality, religion

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 16-year-old girl, and I’ve been struggling a little bit. My family is super-Christian. They believe that members of the LGBTQ community are sinful because of who they ar...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Fort Lewis College cancels The MET Live in HD

After a successful 10-year run at Fort Lewis College, the popular MET Live in HD is kaput in Durango. “We’re not a priority group,” Charles Leslie, director of the Community Concert Hall, sa...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Dreem Machine band is electric

Robin Davis is not just a bluegrass picker, and his newest band Dreem Machine is not a bluegrass band. He’s more than a one-genre pony, despite being a flatpicking wiz and a major player in...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Students help with conservation work at Chicken Creek

In the foothills north of Mancos set against the backdrop of the prominent La Plata Mountains, you can find a web of trails meandering through ponderosa pines as far as the eye can see. Thi...

DATE: Sep 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Fishing for a new protein source? Try fish

For whatever reason, memory consistently fails to remind me that fish is an alternative to meat and plant-based proteins. Could it be the result of living in a land-locked state? Poor fishin...

DATE: Sep 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office