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Dean Brookie: Durango has opportunity to shape its own recovery

During the past seven years, I have been honored to serve on Durango City Council, and I am humbled to start my second term as mayor. I would like to thank Melissa Youssef for her...

DATE: May 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Wife resists husband’s plan to cut ties

Dear Abby: My mother-in-law is the worst. She has no respect for me. She has stolen, lied and gossiped about me numerous times. Each time, I chose to forgive and move on. Rece...

DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Glenn Keefe: Bluegrass history lesson

The list of people local bass player and sound engineer Glenn Keefe has played or worked with since making music a career is a who’s who of the Americana and bluegrass world. It’s an enviabl...

DATE: May 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

4-H members connect with others across the country

4-H had humble beginnings in 1902 in rural Ohio to teach youths farming and homemaking skills. It has since grown to be the largest youth development organization in the United S...

DATE: May 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Colorado leads for people with developmental disabilities during crisis

Everyone is feeling the impacts of the COVID pandemic, and we likely will for some time to come. Yet even in crisis, leadership emerges, and Colorado has emerged as a leader in ways that mos...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

WIC helps address food insecurity during COVID-19

In challenging times like the one we are experiencing because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, the Women, Infants and Children program proves to be crucially important for the well-be...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Baked beans recipe wins smiles

Dear Abby: I love your column. Some years ago, you printed a recipe for baked beans. I believe they were called St. James’ Baked Beans. I have lost my copy. I would get lots of complimen...

DATE: May 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Paul Griffin: Fossil fuels are a hidden weapon in COVID-19 fight

There has always been an inherent danger in the notion of abandoning fossil fuels, especially proposals by governments and institutions to clear their environmental conscience by divesting f...

DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Extend olive branch to trim tree

Dear Action Line: My neighbor’s tree has branches that extend into my yard. Can I cut them? – Branching out. Dear Branching: Action Line does not condone violence of any kind. ...

DATE: May 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Horace Cooper: Price hikes not the way to reform Postal Service

It is an open secret in Washington that the United States Postal Service needs reform. But recent calls for government-mandated price hikes should not be one of them. Like any business facin...

DATE: May 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

As in the Great Depression, today’s economic refugees may take to the road

How do you write a travel column when you cannot travel? How do you write with historical perspective when you are in the middle of an historical moment? Now more than ever, we n...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Low orbit satellites reflect sunlight after sunset, before sunrise

Greetings, Stargazers. My May column is often a time I get to list upcoming summer star parties, but for another month, these will have to wait. I really do hope that we can get ...

DATE: May 9, 2020 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies