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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

Friend fears woman addicted to meth

Dear Abby: The 22-year-old daughter of close friends of ours has been living in a van during the pandemic. Her parents, my husband and I heard her on her cellphone talking about a party ...

DATE: Oct 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Late-night smoking irks neighbors

Dear Abby: My family and I bought a house in a nice, quiet, safe neighborhood three years ago. What we didn’t know before moving in was that our next-door neighbor sometimes smokes cigar...

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Aftergrass reunites for a benefit show

It’s safe to say that local rock band Aftergrass never really broke up. Yet since going on an indefinite hiatus about eight years ago, the shows have been few and far between. Th...

DATE: Oct 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

4-H launches new year with many opportunities ahead

October is exciting as it kicks off our new 4-H year! We are working hard on planning new virtual and in-person events for our 4-H members and community members. In November, we ...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Fad diets: Let’s talk about intermittent fasting

As we learned in this three-part series, fad diets are defined as diets that are extremely popular for a short period of time. They often promise quick weight loss or health impro...

DATE: Oct 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

‘Perfect’ guy becomes abusive at home

Dear Abby: I have been with “Dylan” for three years, engaged for two. I have a lot of insecurities about it. We met after my husband’s death. Dylan was the perfect guy at fir...

DATE: Oct 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Walmart’s ‘pit mine’ under review

Dear Action Line: For the past few years I’ve had to drive through the open pit mining that’s going on at the north entrance to Walmart. I’m all for resource extraction, but isn’t this the k...

DATE: Oct 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

An elk hunter welcomes wolves

Reintroduction would restore the ecological balance

DATE: Oct 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Erik Molvar and Jennifer Molidor: Cattle are ecological misfits in the arid West

In the debate over grazing in the West, there’s a trend toward magical thinking. In “ Unlike cows, native wildlife in the West don’t need arid lands flooded with water to be productive. Bef...

DATE: Oct 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Get ready for Durango’s business pep rally

We need to celebrate those things that we can celebrate, and one of those things we do at the Chamber of Commerce each year is celebrate our businesses and individuals who make a difference ...

DATE: Oct 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber