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Harvest Dinner returns: Support for local food important now more than ever

La Plata County is in full bloom during these summer and fall months. Fruit trees are dripping along the sidewalks, gardens bursting from their boxes and the hardworking gleaners of the Good...

DATE: Aug 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local First

Liberate ‘The Pill’

Do you think that a medication that kills more than 3,000 people in the U.S. annually should be available without a prescription, even though it has health benefits? What about another medic...

DATE: Aug 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Op-Ed

Have you seen the Rise Above murals?

If you live in Southwest Colorado, a few of your teenage neighbors have made your corner of the state a little more beautiful. Twenty-nine students in Archuleta, Dolores, La Plata, Montezu...

DATE: Aug 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

The wait was worth it

Remember when waiting for Christmas morning to arrive seemed like it took an eternity. You hoped that long package was a new bamboo fly rod or the small package held the keys to a new bass ...

DATE: Aug 6, 2021 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Dirtwire brings the mix to Tico Time

They bring up to 20 different instruments on stage. Anything from traditional instruments like guitar and bass, to the nontraditional, like the jaw harp, kalimba, which is a thumb piano or a...

DATE: Aug 5, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Come to the county fair to celebrate 4-H’ers hard work

Our La Plata County Fair is next week! The official dates are Wednesday, Aug. 11, to Sunday, Aug. 15. The week is packed full of fun for the whole family. Each day, we will have multiple li...

DATE: Aug 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

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

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