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When siblings are bandmates

Bayfield-based musicians Garrett and Callie Young want to tour. Everywhere. For a young band, playing a show in all 50 states is a challenge, but not unattainable; a band should have a busin...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Durango nonprofits, Forest Service combine forces for Hermosa Creek

From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Durango Nature Studies will join Mountain Studies Institute, San Juan Mountains Association, Trails 2000 and the San Juan National Forest to host an array of ac...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

Epstein’s weird New Mexico plot to extend himself

WASHINGTON – The more we learn, the more Jeffrey Epstein resembles an evil comic book character for the developmentally arrested intellectual – the charming-but-lurid mastermind with a plot ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

Attraction stymied by age difference

Dear Abby: I have been seeing a woman who is 21 years younger than I am. She says she loves me, but I am hesitant because of our age difference. We have known each other for y...

DATE: Aug 7, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Is the bar higher for Bennet because he’s white?

WASHINGTON – Once upon a time in America, it looked as if white men were at long last losing their tenacious grip on power. A black man made it into the White House. A Latina cong...

DATE: Aug 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Maureen Dowd

Haunted by a mistake made 30 years ago

Thirty years ago, as a newly minted pathologist, I made a bad mistake. I had joined a group of doctors who, in addition to serving as medical examiners, ran a private laboratory w...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Hop on your bike and enjoy a tour of local farms

I am constantly amazed by the quality and skill of the young bike riders that are continually pumping out of the Durango area. Just this past week, we had two teens win their res...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

We already have a welfare state. So what’s next?

WASHINGTON – It seems unavoidable. Like it or not, the U.S. welfare system is bound to play a big role in the 2020 election. The recent Democratic debate on health care is just a prelude to ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Durango’s drains awash with errant bark mulch

After some of our very welcome recent rains, there was a less-welcome displacement of material onto sidewalks and streets. The biggest offender looks to be landscaping mulch. Go figure –...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Attendee wants to stay out of picture

Dear Abby: I’m going to a professional conference, which has the usual presentations, vendors and activities. Every time I go, there’s always a photographer. It’s annoying. When a photog...

DATE: Aug 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

This methane monster can’t see state borders

As elected officials in Durango, Colorado, and Aztec, New Mexico, we each serve communities that are very different. But what we have in common is a 2,500-square-mile problem that affects ou...

DATE: Aug 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Check the all-star activities in La Plata County

I’ve loved July my whole life. It is the summer month: You don’t have to think about school around the corner; swimming in the lake is always best; corn and peaches start coming in; baseball...

DATE: Aug 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Chair

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