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4-H members put finishing touches on county fair projects

Our La Plata County Fair is next month! It will be held Aug. 11-15 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds. Our 4-H members, the Fair Board and I are so excited to have our normal scheduled acti...

DATE: Jul 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Taking turns, and being patient for paving

Dear Action Line: Maybe you have been asked this question already, but with all of the new people moving to Durango, are there any special rules of the road you might be able to share, e...

DATE: Jul 12, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Saving great landscapes of the American West

Conservation Lands Foundation promotes grassroots approach to protecting lands

DATE: Jul 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

The Complexity of Durango’s Labor Shortage

Earlier this summer, Local First, In The Weeds and Good Business Colorado’s Resilient Restaurant Program convened Durango’s local restaurant owners at Zia Taqueria North to address the large...

DATE: Jul 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local First

Mounts matter for successful telescope viewing

Greetings, stargazers. I don’t know who said it first, but it bears repeating that the best telescope is the one that gets used the most. Many of you are familiar with different types of tel...

DATE: Jul 10, 2021 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Britney, guardianship and a new Colorado law

Not everyone is truly free in our land of the free and the brave. Britney Spears has been a recent high-profile example of how American citizens are regularly stripped of their rights. She i...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Sister longs for deeper relationship with siblings

DEAR ABBY: I recently moved back to my hometown after being away for six years. My family is great, and we all get along. The problem is my sisters. There are three of us (all in our 40s...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Affair with musician strikes sour note

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 49 years had an affair two years ago with a woman younger than our daughter. The affair is over now, but I no longer trust him. The “other woman” is a musician w...

DATE: Jul 9, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Enter the backcountry with a plan for the unexpected

My first trip to Southwest Colorado, 20 odd years ago, became a pivotal moment in life. Many have had a similar experience because you too found this place and decided to call it home. Reaso...

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

Red flags flying in daughter’s marriage

DEAR ABBY: I am afraid for my daughter. She has been married less than a year to a very controlling man. He doesn’t ask her to do anything, he demands that she do what he wants. She cann...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Ely Cartwright: ‘Being an artist is a compulsion, I think’

Local musician Ely Cartwright is in the music-making business. But he’s not in the music “business.” He’s not tied into a contract that requires him to move musical units or sell tickets. H...

DATE: Jul 8, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Forest ambassador program shows positive impact on San Juan Mountains

As warm weather and a public eager to get outside returned to the San Juan Mountains this summer, forest ambassadors hit the trails representing San Juan Mountains Association and the San Ju...

DATE: Jul 7, 2021 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

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