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Help! My dog likes dogs, but acts like a jerk on a leash

By Marcy Eckhardt La Plata County Humane Society Dogs need practice to keep their socialization skills in tune. They need opportunities to play with other dogs, interac...

DATE: Apr 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Building bridges to better health – Public Health Week 2021

Each year, Public Health Week is a chance to celebrate and reflect on the outstanding service of public health workers and their contributions to keeping our communities safe and healthy. Pu...

DATE: Apr 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Husband won’t put will in writing

Dear Abby: I have been married to my husband for seven years. We are in our 60s. He refuses to make a will. He tells me what he “would” put in his will and asks me if I am OK with his wi...

DATE: Apr 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

It’s here – spring, that is

This column is really for those who are new to fly fishing, been doing it fewer than two years, or like me, can’t remember what you had for dinner last night. It’s about what to do to get re...

DATE: Apr 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Moving home comes with questions

Dear Abby: At the age of 30, I recently had to move back with my parents. I am not the tidiest person in the world, but I thrive on the saying, “Dust, not dirt.” I recently we...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Patty Storen keeps up with Durango

One-time local mandolin player Patty Storen still keeps a foot in Durango’s rich acoustic music scene. A founding member of local jam-grass band Liver Down the River, Storen has ...

DATE: Apr 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Stop eating these foods to protect the trillions of tiny soldiers fighting for your health

“My what?” you may be asking. The microbiome is the vast collection of trillions of bacteria in your digestive system that work together to maintain health. Your microbiome begins...

DATE: Mar 31, 2021 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Wife unsettled by man’s obsession

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for six mostly blissful years, but recently, some of his fantasies have started to worry me. About six months ago, he told me he had an attr...

DATE: Mar 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

North or west? Action Line turns to mathematical wizardry

Dear Action Line: When is Walmart going to open the entrance to the north side of its parking lot? It’s been ribboned off for a REALLY looooong time. Or is this a plot by City Market? – ...

DATE: Mar 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Transparency, education key to vaccine campaign

A year into the declared pandemic, it feels to many like COVID-19 is dragging on. Indeed, this last year seems much longer than just 12 months. That said, public health experts h...

DATE: Mar 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Richard Grossman: Population Matters

“ ... To bring a child into existence without a fair prospect of being able, not only to provide food for its body, but instruction and training for its mind is a moral crime, both against t...

DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Don Coram: Let’s play Fiscal Note Jeopardy!

While the cat’s away, the mice will play. That is exactly what is going on in the Colorado General Assembly. With all the COVID-19 issues during the last session, the executive b...

DATE: Mar 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns