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Durango Barbershoppers perform annual show

They’re the longest running music and arts organization in Durango. Rolling through their 57th year, the Durango Barbershoppers, also known as The Durango Narrow Gauge Chorus, have been maki...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Couple suffering amid loss of grandchild

DEAR ABBY: We recently suffered the loss of our first grandchild. She was only 24 and taken far too soon. My partner and I are working through our grief, which is challenging as we are in di...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Why is recycling so complicated?

Dear Action Line, I’m trying to be environmentally friendly, but recycling is confusing. Where does our recycling in Durango go, and why can’t we recycle glass bottles along with pl...

DATE: Jun 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Lake Nighthorse has plenty of new improvements

Try some ‘podcasting’ to catch some stocked trout

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Like tank treads on a Rose Bowl float, do we need a new national anthem?

Ages ago, I traveled overland from Europe to Nepal: the Orient Express train from Munich to Istanbul, a boat through the Black Sea, and from there a medley of local buses and trains. For muc...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods

June is Great Outdoors Month – a time when families across the country head outside to enjoy the rivers, mountains and open spaces that define the American West. In Colorado’s 3rd District, ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

It’s time to stop preaching fiscal austerity and start practicing fiscal justice

I am writing as a paraeducator at Riverview Elementary School. I work in the Significant Support Needs program, assisting students with some of the highest needs and modifications requiremen...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Divorcee still in love with ex

DEAR ABBY: I have been divorced from my ex-husband, “Cliff,” for a year and a half. My nearly adult children live with me. They rarely see their dad. Our divorce was relatively painless, but...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Friend’s marriage a roller coaster

DEAR ABBY: A man I know has been married for 40 years. His wife gets mad at him for small things and stops talking to him for three to four months at a time. Also, he will make her supper, a...

DATE: May 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

We can’t fix hot or dry, but we can fix dense forests, together

In Western Colorado, we understand how connected everything is: forests to watersheds, snowpack to irrigation, public lands to the economy. And we’ve seen what happens when one part of that ...

DATE: May 30, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Summer 2025: The paradox of joy and suffering

Ah ... summer’s here. It’s time to loosen up our clothing, loosen up our time, lift our hearts, allow for some good and fun times. It seems like in the winter, we are more bound up, in our b...

DATE: May 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

All aboard the Blues Train with Brody Buster

A train car on the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge line is the perfect size for a performing one-man band tucked into either end of the car. Roughly about 102 inches or 8.5 feet wide, a sin...

DATE: May 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

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Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.