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Declining birth rate is good news, not the worry reported

“U.S. birth rates are declining. This trend is cause for concern, because an aging population puts a strain on the economy.” – Kimberly Amadeo, in “The Balance,” April 29, 2021 The Centers ...

DATE: Jul 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Summer events returning to Durango

Summer events are back and going strong. Here’s a rundown of three events to put on your calendar. First up is the Fourth of July this Sunday. Almost everything we normally do on the Fourth ...

DATE: Jul 3, 2021 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Woman can’t accept ex’s new girlfriend

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been divorced from my husband of 18 years for two years, separated for three. I have encouraged my ex to get out and meet new people. (He stayed home and alone for about ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Improving Community Health Beyond COVID-19

It has been a busy year and a half for public health to say the least. The community at large has learned a lot about the role of public health from our response to the pandemic. As San Juan...

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Wildlife managers should learn how to ‘love the bear’s world’

Last spring, at the height of some of the most anxiety-ridden moments of the pandemic, my father read a poem to me over the phone. He’s 89 this year, and while he’s vibrant and healthy, I do...

DATE: Jul 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Diabolical Sound Platoon bringing hip-hop to ACT stage

Older siblings are often the reason people dig on certain styles of music. A household ritual and often a familial right of passage, phrases like, “My older brother had a Sex Pistols record”...

DATE: Jul 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

America is getting meaner, on the left and on the right

I went to see my doctor the other day for a COVID-19-delayed physical. Instead of talking about what ails me, he wanted to talk about what ails us. A dystopian country. The Babel of misinfor...

DATE: Jun 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Say goodbye to sugar wrinkles

Say what? A new Botox procedure? Not quite. While we all know that sugar plays a significant role in weight gain and many diseases that significantly impact our health, such as Type 2 diabet...

DATE: Jun 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Woman’s marital arrangement causes family strife

DEAR ABBY: My adult daughter is married. She also has a boyfriend. Both of these men live with her and share her bed. Her children are horrified by it and want nothing to do with their m...

DATE: Jun 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Music in the Mountains goes on the road

Music in the Mountains, Southwest Colorado’s inimitable summer festival, will launch its 2021 season with a spanking new, green-and-white traveling music wagon and free mini-concerts. The mo...

DATE: Jun 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

More noise, one less mural on the River Trail

Dear Action Line: Why do people talk so loud on the phone when they are by themselves walking on the Animas River Trail? Why do two people talk so loud walking right next to each other? ...

DATE: Jun 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

COVID-19 pandemic becomes a tale of vaccines and variants

Summer is upon us, and the COVID-19 pandemic has grown long in the tooth. The coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has been responsible for the worst global pandemic in more than a century. It may yet ...

DATE: Jun 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch