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Durango School District horses around with sign’s origin

Dear Action Line: A sign at the parking lot at Durango High School says the lot is “permit parking only,” but the next sign says the entrance is for horses only, with a big exclamation point...

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Charles Blow: Let’s start calling things by their proper names – like ‘race relations’

Now that we are deep into protests over racism, inequality and police brutality – protests that I’ve come to see as a revisiting of Freedom Summer – it is clear that Donald Trump sees the ac...

DATE: Jul 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Electric co-ops closer to securing Tri-State exit fees

Last week, La Plata Electric Association inched closer to gaining the basic information it has long desired to evaluate whether it makes sense to stay with Tri-State Generation and Transmiss...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

What Americans need to know about the EU travel ban

Steven Hoekman wants to visit Germany this summer. But with the European Union banning travelers from the United States, he’s not sure he’ll be allowed into the country. Hoekman, ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Man won’t stop driving after seizures

Dear Abby: My son-in-law was diagnosed with epilepsy 25 years ago. He typically has two or three seizures a year. He has seen a neurologist on and off over the years, but he has not been...

DATE: Jul 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife frustrated with nice husband

Dear Abby: This may seem strange, but my husband is too nice. His late mother, a domineering woman who always got her way, trained him not to have an opinion. Almost everything he says i...

DATE: Jul 16, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

La Plata County Fair will have a different format this year, but the same spirit

This pandemic has resulted in many ups and downs this year; however, I have been reflecting on how La Plata County 4-H and I have a lot to be grateful for. The support that we re...

DATE: Jul 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Swim suits, not birthday, OK for hot springs

Dear Action Line: With Trimble Hot Springs renovations including multiple pools, will any be clothing-optional? – Body Positive Dear Positive: Bryan Yearout, one of the new owner...

DATE: Jul 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Cedar Mesa Perishables Project examines 1,000-year-old fiber, wood artifacts

In the 1890s, cowboy archaeologists dug caves in remote sections of Utah’s Bears Ears. They created Basketmaker and Ancestral Puebloan artifact collections that have been hidden a...

DATE: Jul 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

The rugged, rewarding work of wilderness stewards

By Harry Bellow San Juan Mountains Association Traveling through the wilderness of the San Juan Mountains, you might not have seen us. We are an elusive bunch. ...

DATE: Jul 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Region around Milky Way’s core offers many viewing rewards

Greetings, Stargazers. The center of the Milky Way galaxy is in the direction of the constellation Sagittarius. Just after dark, the galaxy core will be rising in the southeaster...

DATE: Jul 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Trent England: Electoral College protects Coloradoans’ voices

Every four years, along with the presidential election come criticisms of the Electoral College. Some people are just unhappy their candidate lost, but others are truly uncertain. Why do we ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns