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Tori Ossola: Don’t take out COVID-19 anger on hospitality workers

Please don’t take out your COVID-19 anger on the very person who’s trying to make your evening or your vacation a great experience. On my job as general manager of a downtown Dur...

DATE: Mar 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Howdy, Pardner! Now get that couch off your lawn

Dear Action Line: The other day I received a “ticket” from the city for having a couch with a “free” sign on the lawn. I was tickled by the bold letters at the bottom: “COURTESY NOTICE O...

DATE: Mar 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Gold King legacy leads to stronger water protections

Colorado is currently considering ways to strengthen rules for protecting water from future hardrock mining operations. It’s a direct link back to the Gold King Mine spill in 2015, though on...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Jan and Greg Phillips: How to evaluate health-care reform proposals

Regardless of political leaning, most Americans can agree that the U.S. health care system is problematic. Per capita health care spending is nearly twice as high as that of other wealthy na...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Unapologetic advocacy for local self-reliance

What does it take to make positive change in the world? How can an individual make an impact on a system that is so much larger than herself? It certainly seems daunting, but one ...

DATE: Mar 20, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local First

Rep. Barbara McLachlan: Media literacy is essential to an educated populace

The term “media literacy” is not well known, yet it rankled legislators in the statehouse last week, leading to a filibuster, several amendments and a very long conversation concerning teach...

DATE: Mar 19, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Past cruelties linger in relationship

Dear Abby: For more than four decades, my stepmother, “Vera,” and I never got along. We tolerated each other for the sake of my father, who has now passed away. I’m a 60-year-old male re...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Sunny Gable’s new album out Saturday

The songwriting muse can hit at any time. Perhaps it hits when you’re staring at the ceiling at 3 a.m. as you worry about how you’re going to pay for your kid’s college tuition. ...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Livestock weigh-in sets course toward La Plata County Fair

Last weekend, we had our Market Beef Weigh-in at the La Plata County Fairgrounds, where 31 4-H and FFA members brought their animals to get tagged, tattooed and weighed. In total...

DATE: Mar 18, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Happy host declines help in kitchen

Dear Abby: I have seen letters in your column from people upset that their guests don’t help them after dinner. I am the opposite. I held onto a poem you printed years ago and had it per...

DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Letter: Support permanent Daylight Savings Time

A few years back a bill to effect a permanent time change was brought to the Assembly by two Denver Representatives. It was voted down. The main influencer was former Rep. Diane M...

DATE: Mar 16, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letter from Korla

A shrunken head, and the lost ‘Z’ and ‘J’

Dear Action Line: The noble effort to create an urban park out of the old Dalla property seems to be suffering from lack of follow-up and maintenance. The signage throughout is certainly...

DATE: Mar 15, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line