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Singing with Santa – A holiday tradition

The Durango Business Improvement District is honored to be the holder of a Durango holiday tradition – Singing with Santa. This event is the kickoff to the holidays downtown. Singing with Sa...

DATE: Nov 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Kindness is a lifesaver for dementia caregivers

A cool glass of water on a hot summer day, a comfy couch after a long walk, a hug after a sad moment – connections like these can refresh a person and provide renewed energy to keep going wh...

DATE: Nov 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

20 years of Carute Roma

“Woodshedding” is a word in the music realm synonymous with “practice.” While someone with a banjo “practicing” for the first time may produce a sound pleasing to that someone, it’s likely n...

DATE: Nov 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Thank-you note has big impact

DEAR ABBY: Some time ago, you printed a letter from a grandmother who said she was changing her will because neither her adult children nor her grandchildren ever wrote her thank-you notes w...

DATE: Nov 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Stepdaughter’s behavior has worn thin

DEAR ABBY: I’m in my early 30s; my husband is 46. We have been married three years. He has a 24-year-old daughter, “Kiki.” Kiki has always been spoiled and catered to; she learned how to lie...

DATE: Nov 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Working together, we can build a more just, vibrant, diverse and responsive political system

On Nov. 5 and the weeks leading up to Election Day, La Plata County voters participated in our democracy making their voices heard through their vote – one method of participatory democracy....

DATE: Nov 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Insulin Resistance the pre-cursor to diabetes

November is National Diabetes month, and it’s a great time to raise awareness about diabetes and to learn how to prevent or delay Type 2 diabetes, especially if it runs in your family. Well,...

DATE: Nov 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Bicyclists’ safety on the line on U.S. Highway 550?

Dear Action Line: I’m concerned about the recently repaved and restriped area on U.S. Highway 550 between County Road 250 near the top of Shalona Hill and the turnoff to Rockwood. While ...

DATE: Nov 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

There are paths to reconciliation, repair

The Durango Herald published an article (Herald, Oct. 30) about a local county commissioner candidate’s wife, who is white, posting a photo of herself on Instagram dressed as Pocahontas ...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

McLachlan reflects on eight years of service listening, compromising and understanding

Only 100 Coloradans at any one time have the job I have been honored to hold for the last eight years as a state legislator; I never really thought about that until I started nearing the end...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

San Juan Mountains Association's Annual FUNdraiser, Christmas Trees for Conservation

I got the first text from a friend to go skiing on Oct. 21 this year. Safe to say with this early cold snap, we’re all looking forward to the winter rituals after a hot summer. I’ll say, I’m...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

The Wild Bunch rides again – on bicycles

Over a century ago Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and their fellow outlaws, The Wild Bunch, rode the Outlaw Trail from Robber’s Roost in Utah to Hole in the Wall, Wyoming. Along the way th...

DATE: Nov 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

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.