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Punk Rock Breakfast benefits Compañeros, The Hive

Many cities will claim a music festival like a badge of honor. Austin has South by Southwest. Memphis has The Beale Street Music Festival and the lesser known Gonerfest. Telluride has many m...

DATE: Aug 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Right mindset, right action, right reward

Making the decision to do something differently is hard, but following through with your decision to do so is really the most challenging part. For example, making the decision to lose weig...

DATE: Aug 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Young woman feels pressure to be ‘perfect’

DEAR ABBY: My name is “Lucia,” I am 15 and I live in Santa Catarina, Brazil. My high school classmates and I saw a letter from “Needs a Direction, Atlanta” online. That’s why I’m asking ...

DATE: Aug 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Tree lovers tussle over targeted cottonwood

Dear Action Line: The city’s plans to build a trail crossing over the Animas River adjacent to 32nd Street sound logical. However, I am concerned about the fate of a magnificent old-grow...

DATE: Aug 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Pay attention to pollinators for your entire gardening season

Sometimes, all it takes for an article idea is a simple inquiry from a gardener. Usually, that starts with the phrase, “What the heck is (enter inquiry here)?” •What is eating all my spinach...

DATE: Aug 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Opportunities abound for engagement on climate change

A friend recently lamented the apparent disappearance of Colorado’s trademark cobalt blue skies, those piercingly clear summer days in the mountains when you can see almost forever. Instead,...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Fall in love with Durango again

As summer fades away, the nights become cooler, the aspens transform into gold and everything that can will be pumpkin flavored. Fall is sometimes also known as “secret summer.” This nicknam...

DATE: Aug 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Couple needn’t agree of after-death wishes

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I disagree about our arrangements after we die. I would like to be cremated and scattered at a location with wonderful memories, like where we honeymooned. He ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Former drug user looks for way out of toxic relationship

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 39-year-old woman in a toxic relationship with my boyfriend of almost seven years. We had a child together but lost custody because of drug use during my pregnancy. Even...

DATE: Aug 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Everybody’s doing it

PlayFest, Durango’s contribution to developing new American plays, has just concluded. Two similar festivals are scheduled nearby in August. Words Cubed is Utah Shakespeare Festival’s annual...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Side Pony plays at Buckley Park

It’s a songwriting and performance partnership that began in Nashville, Tennessee, through ties in Durango. Insurgent country singer-songwriter Caitlin Cannon has kicked around Durango sinc...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Writers on the Range: Wildfire redux – again

Poor Butte County, California, again on fire, its smoke choking the air of states miles away. Nestled in the Northern Sierras, Butte County is home to Chico State University, Sierra Nevada B...

DATE: Aug 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Columnists