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Fashion choices cause embarrassment

Dear Abby: Our 19-year-old daughter is wonderful in many ways. She’s smart, attends a university on academic scholarships and earns excellent grades. The problem is the way she dresses. ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Frogger played at 12th and Camino

Dear Action Line: I have almost been run over multiple times at the pedestrian crosswalk on Camino del Rio near River City Hall/Backcountry Experience. Someone is going to die if people cont...

DATE: Oct 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

The holidays are fast approaching

It is hard to believe, but the holiday season is upon us. Thanksgiving is just one month away! Many things will be different this season, but I hope one thing remains the same. ...

DATE: Oct 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Rigorous process guides development of COVID-19 vaccines

It is becoming increasingly clear that a COVID-19 vaccine will not likely be widely available this year. Public health experts are also uniform in their guidance that a vaccine o...

DATE: Oct 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

New mother on her own for child care

Dear Abby: My stepdaughter is married to a very selfish man. They have a newborn baby, and he refuses to help her with the baby. He claims that because he works, he isn’t obligated. ...

DATE: Oct 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Widow’s kids begrudge her dating

Dear Abby: I was married for more than 30 years and have two grown children. The marriage wasn’t perfect, and I admit there were times when I badly wanted to walk out the door. My husban...

DATE: Oct 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Galloway a jack-of-all-trades

After 30-some years in the music business, Benny “Burle” Galloway knows the right and wrong way to do things. The one-time Durango local has kicked around the Colorado jam-grass ...

DATE: Oct 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

David Brooks: Is this the new future of American liberalism?

The United States recently endured its worst economic quarter in recorded history. If this trend had continued for an entire year, American economic output would have been down by...

DATE: Oct 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

When does the creep become a problem?

That darn scale – rarely reading how it’s supposed to, right?! Well, I have some good news: It’s normal for your weight to flux up and down. As much as you might like i...

DATE: Oct 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Animas River’s flows flirt with the all-time low

Dear Action Line: The Animas River flow rate is slowly falling toward the 100 cfs mark. Has it ever fallen below 100, into double digits? – Drying Up Dear Drying: The U.S. Geologi...

DATE: Oct 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Unlawful public lands head invites chaos

A Montana judge recently ruled the head of the Bureau of Land Management had illegally served as the agency’s director for more than a year. That’s a big deal, seeing as it is the...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Tourism’s economic impact sans extra visitors

2020 has not been the best year for tourism. With stay-at-home orders, quarantines and public officials urging citizens to stay-put, tourism numbers have plummeted across the globe. ...

DATE: Oct 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect