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Acceptance may loosen the noose felt by caregivers

Remember 7th grade? Physical changes? Social and emotional upheaval? Perhaps a shift in school setting, classmates and teachers? Establishing new relationships can pose challenges or someti...

DATE: Feb 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

A brief history of vaccines

A lot of people are staunchly pro-vaccines, some are militant anti-vaxxers and much of the population is wondering what all the fuss is about. If you already have a firm viewpoint on the que...

DATE: Feb 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Say goodbye to one artificial food dye – here’s why

Color signaling has long provided us with visual clues about what to eat and what not to eat. Food dressed in fuzzy black and blue mold? No, thank you. Red meat fading to dull brown? Merely ...

DATE: Feb 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Acceptance may loosen noose for caregivers

Remember seventh grade? Physical changes? Social and emotional upheaval? Perhaps a shift in school setting, classmates and teachers? Establishing new relationships can pose challenges or som...

DATE: Feb 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Man’s delusions put brother in tough spot

DEAR ABBY: My younger brother, “Paul,” is 40 and in a rut. He became friends with a friend of mine, “Mitch,” whom I met in college. Paul also became good friends with Mitch’s wife, “Iris.” A...

DATE: Feb 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Two decades haven’t healed breach

DEAR ABBY: Twenty years ago, I developed psychosis with a personality change. I did things I’m ashamed of. I had an affair, remarried and moved out of the country, leaving my 13-year-old dau...

DATE: Feb 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

From Tevye to Ryan

In 2007, Adam Fontana portrayed Tevye in the Durango High School production of “A Fiddler on the Roof.” Then a high school senior, he was tasked to create a weary village elder and father of...

DATE: Feb 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Thirty years of Solas

It’s been seven years since Celtic band Solas has played together. That hiatus came on the heels of nonstop music for the Celtic band, as since forming in New York City, the band has either ...

DATE: Feb 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

A note on history, the Electoral College and truly democratic elections

After last fall’s election of La Plata County’s Board of County Commissioners, we read of some county neighbors complaining about the “undemocratic” method used to elect commissioners in our...

DATE: Feb 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Breaking through the weight loss plateau: Why it happens and how to overcome it

Hitting a weight loss plateau can feel like running into a brick wall on a road you’ve been traveling so diligently. You’ve put in the effort, seen the scale drop, and then suddenly – progre...

DATE: Feb 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Answer about post office just a stone’s throw away

Dear Action Line: The Post Office has had a rock propping open the door for weeks (maybe months) so the door is cracked open all day. Given the cold weather, it seems a bit wasteful on t...

DATE: Feb 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

It’s cold, now what do I do?

Recently, at a New Year’s Day football game watch party, I was asked by someone what I wear to fly fish when the air temperature is 32 degrees. The answer to that question was a golf shirt,...

DATE: Feb 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Columnists

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