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Renewing old friendships

Drought, fire, snow, heavy runoffs, pestilence and helping to pay for orthopedic surgeons’ children to go to college forced me to ignore two good friends. Those friends are Lime Creek and Cu...

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Mike Johnston: No good answer to why-not-Hick

The only thing that surprises me about Mike Johnston’s decision to leave the U.S. Senate race is that it happened so quickly. The pool is now open for which candidate drops out ne...

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

Bring back the old, intriguing Elizabeth Warren

The most important campaign news of the summer was Elizabeth Warren’s surge. Early in the year, her campaign was in fifth place, with a mere 6% support. Now, she is rising toward ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Anniversary party at Ska a hot ticket

The Single Speed World Championship bike races are what served as the blueprint for the Ska Brewing Anniversary Party. One of the true social events of the season, the anniversary parties ha...

DATE: Sep 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Late-night surprise harms relationship

Dear Abby: My 20-year-old daughter recently caught me “actively engaged” in watching porn. I tried to do it late at night when I thought everyone was asleep. My daughter now thinks I’m a...

DATE: Sep 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

In Hong Kong, playing tennis with gas grenades

HONG KONG – President Donald Trump has called the pro-democracy protests here “riots,” and China has in effect denounced participants as terrorists. Yet even when chaos reigns dur...

DATE: Sep 3, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Find a cool location to store your garden’s bounty

I gave a talk recently called “You Grew it. Now What?” that seemed to bring out the frustrations in gardeners. And mind you, I didn’t title it “I Grew It” because my tomatoes, my...

DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Small recovery fee takes the ‘pain’ out of paint

I recently purchased a quart of paint at Walmart. On the receipt, I was charged a “recovery fee.” Three different people gave me three different answers about this recovery fee. Why this fee...

DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Harmony clouded by neighbor’s smoking

Dear Abby: I live in a townhouse in a small development – just four townhomes with a very relaxed HOA. Because it’s just the four of us, we discuss things like needed repairs and come to...

DATE: Sep 2, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A surprising path from Zimbabwe to Ivy League

You’ve read a lot over the past year about kids who end up in the Ivy League because of their parents’ wealth and wiles, kids with obscene advantages. I’d like to introduce you to another ki...

DATE: Sep 1, 2019 | CATEGORY: Frank Bruni

Opioids here not the huge problem you may think

The Durango Herald article “ I have been working in this community doing opioid-specific education, Naloxone trainings and general substance use prevention for the past year as an AmeriCorp...

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

It’s getting harder to beat airport car-rental fees

Car-rental customers report having to pay concession fees to U.S. airports even if they didn’t use an airport rental location. The charges have been quietly imposed by municipalities in an a...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter