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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...

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...

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...

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...

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? ...

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 ...

Visit Durango leadership defines new direction

On June 14, Visit Durango’s 14-member board of directors and staff gathered in the Oak Room at the Strater Hotel for the annual Board Retreat Strategic Planning. It was a full day of strateg...

Teen’s sudden death comes amid fractures friendship

DEAR ABBY: Last year, after a falling out with someone I have been friends with for more than 20 years, I was OK with writing this person off and going on with my life. From my understan...

Library a place to reassemble our community

As we emerge from the pandemic, I am hearing a common thread from our community – the need for connection and access. The Durango Public Library is well-versed in offering services that prov...

Man’s messiness touches nerve in budding romance

DEAR ABBY: I’ve become involved with a woman I’ve been friends with for some years. We became close over the course of 2020, and more recently have soft-launched dating (although she doe...

Maria’s Bookshop hosts Willy Vlautin and Jonathan Evison book event

Ask authors Willy Vlautin and Jonathan Evison what genre their books fit in and they’ll likely answer, “the genre of life.” The Pacific Northwest-based authors – Vlautin living outside Port...

Now underway: An American Renaissance

In 1982, economist Mancur Olson set out to explain a paradox. West Germany and Japan endured widespread devastation during World War II, yet in the years after the war both countries experie...