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Liane Jollon: SNAP is a winning program for all Coloradoans

As local providers of public health and human services, we believe all Coloradans deserve equal opportunity to eat enough food to stay healthy and to prosper. The Colorado Health ...

DATE: Feb 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Strategies for vegans to eat well on their next vacation

If you’re an omnivore who thinks good food is hard to find on vacation, try traveling while vegan. Plant-based diets are growing in popularity, but most tourist destinations still...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Durango Public Library excited for the changes ahead

Durango Public Library is going through some major transitions. One of our top priorities is our strategic plan update. We will be releasing a survey on March 4 on the city’s vir...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

It’s all in a day’s work at Humane Society – times 10

By Chris Nelson La Plata County Humane Society “Cats and dogs living together, MASS HYSTERIA!” is a line from the movie “Ghostbusters” and is delivered with great comed...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Daughter happily ghosts family

Dear Abby: I’m in my mid-30s, and about a year ago, I went from limited contact to no contact with two siblings and my mother. No single incident caused this, nor was there any history o...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

David Marston: Sad Colorado city fights back – with windmills

For nearly half a century, coal powered the blast furnaces of the 1,410-megawatt Comanche Power Generating station in Pueblo, the city of 110,000 in southern Colorado. You can’t miss Comanch...

DATE: Feb 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

Six Dollar String Band goes vinyl

The Six Dollar String Band continues to display a punk-band aesthetic in their old-time world. It’s an aesthetic that if most bands practiced, would result in a more honest music business ar...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

David Brooks: Why Bernie Sanders will probably win the nomination

Successful presidential candidates are myth-makers. They don’t just tell a story. They tell a story that helps people make meaning out of the current moment; that divides people into heroes ...

DATE: Feb 27, 2020 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Husband unsettled by attraction to man

Dear Abby: I am a 57-year-old married man. I share a house with my wife and daughter. After dinner last month, my wife and I had a big fight. I can’t believe the things we said. In 30 ye...

DATE: Feb 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Older stoppers are non-starters in rec center showers

What’s with the Durango rec center shower control knobs? They keep changing directions. One day, you turn the handle to the left for hot water. The next day, it’s to the right. Also, it vari...

DATE: Feb 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Recognize, then challenge, thinking traps to lead a more joyful life

A colleague once shared with me the observation that much of the health-related suffering humans experience originates between the ears. A complete understanding of the various fa...

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

Centura backs out of Southwest Health Alliance

In response to the growing support of the Southwest Health Alliance, a community-based health insurance cooperative in affiliation with the Peak Health Alliance, Centura Health announced tod...

DATE: Feb 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local First