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Make the most of the season’s best produce by preserving or donating

Treasure this moment, for it won’t be long until local gardens halt production, and the variety of produce at the grocer diminishes. Should you be fortunate enough to have an exce...

DATE: Aug 8, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

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

Photos: Animus on the AnimasBoxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Boxing in Durango took place on beautiful summer day on July 5

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...

Make the most of the season’s best produce by preserving or donating

When siblings are bandmates

Durango nonprofits, Forest Service combine forces for Hermosa Creek

Epstein’s weird New Mexico plot to extend himself

Attraction stymied by age difference

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

Haunted by a mistake made 30 years ago

Hop on your bike and enjoy a tour of local farms

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

Durango’s drains awash with errant bark mulch

Attendee wants to stay out of picture

This methane monster can’t see state borders

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