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Hypoglycemic or hypochondriac?

Bipolar, depression, mania, anxiety, fatigue, headaches, psychotic-like episodes, brain-fog, temper outbursts, panic attacks, excessive mood swings. All of these symptoms are difficult to li...

DATE: Aug 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Wife not interested in raising husband’s love child

DEAR ABBY: My husband of three years informed me that he’d had a brief affair and fathered a baby. We worked through it, and I decided to stay in the marriage. The mother of the child is...

DATE: Aug 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Online relationship blossoms for older woman

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, I met a wonderful man online. He’s from Wales in the U.K. He’s 21 years younger than I am, so, naturally, I’m cautious about how our relationship will hold up t...

DATE: Jul 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Political signs of the past, present and future

Dear Action Line: What’s up with all the political signs still posted around the county? Do these people not know that the 2020 election is over? – The Longest Year Dear Longest: Apolog...

DATE: Jul 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Downtown Ambassadors and a San Juan Brewfest update

Durango Business Improvement District started its Downtown Ambassador Program in summer 2016. Over the past six years, the program has become an integral part of BID’s work for downtown busi...

DATE: Jul 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Grandma’s responsibilities begin to pile up

DEAR ABBY: My daughter is pregnant with her second child. Her first, my granddaughter, is 2, and the light of my life. I lovingly offered to take care of her when it’s time for my daught...

DATE: Jul 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Music festival celebrates Elton John

Everyone knows Elton John. He remains one of the most identifiable people both visually and auditorily in popular culture, a man behind some of the now most iconic songs in rock ’n’ roll an...

DATE: Jul 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Simple but powerful: How to shop for healthful food

What’s easier, pulling a train uphill or navigating the aisles of a grocery store to find food that’s not only delicious but healthful? Many might take their chances with the train because a...

DATE: Jul 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Husband’s pantyhose fixation bothers wife

DEAR ABBY: I’m having difficulty understanding my husband’s obsession with pantyhose. When we met 10 years ago, he explained to me during a phone conversation that he liked wearing panty...

DATE: Jul 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Trying to love your new parking meters

Dear Action Line: Yesterday, we passed two poor-old tourist couples bent over, squinting at their parking meters trying to figure out how they work. In the past, we had tried numerous ti...

DATE: Jul 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Rommates get snippy of canine care

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are newlyweds and share an apartment with another couple because we ran into financial difficulties, and this was our only option. The problem is the other co...

DATE: Jul 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Real world conditions prove COVID-19 vaccines’ effectiveness

COVID-19 vaccines have changed the landscape of the pandemic. For the tens of millions of Americans who have been fully vaccinated, the risk of disease and especially the risk of severe dis...

DATE: Jul 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch