Need for healthy changes at odds with habits

DEAR ABBY: I am struggling with a recent diagnosis of severe liver disease (nonalcoholic) and need to lose 30 pounds. I have had two bouts of cancer in five years as well as arthritis. I hav...

DATE: Jun 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The power of connection and a good referral

Small businesses don’t just operate in our community; they are our community. They employ our neighbors, support our schools and reinvest locally. But we can’t keep expecting them to succeed...

DATE: Jun 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

The summer triangle

Galileo’s Telescope https://catalogue.museogalileo.it/object/GalileosTelescope_n01.html Aurora forecast https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecast A...

DATE: Jun 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Medicaid cuts threaten everyone’s health care in Southwest Colorado

As leaders of rural hospitals, our organizations are lifelines for medical emergencies, medical homes for many and vital economic engines for our region. Proposed Congressional Medicaid cuts...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Reinventing the 10-minute play festival

After 14 years of experimenting on and off with 10-minute plays, the Durango Arts Repertory Theatre has settled on what may become a winning format. Last weekend, Managing Artistic Director ...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Durango Barbershoppers perform annual show

They’re the longest running music and arts organization in Durango. Rolling through their 57th year, the Durango Barbershoppers, also known as The Durango Narrow Gauge Chorus, have been maki...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Couple suffering amid loss of grandchild

DEAR ABBY: We recently suffered the loss of our first grandchild. She was only 24 and taken far too soon. My partner and I are working through our grief, which is challenging as we are in di...

DATE: Jun 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Why is recycling so complicated?

Dear Action Line, I’m trying to be environmentally friendly, but recycling is confusing. Where does our recycling in Durango go, and why can’t we recycle glass bottles along with pl...

DATE: Jun 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Lake Nighthorse has plenty of new improvements

Try some ‘podcasting’ to catch some stocked trout

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Like tank treads on a Rose Bowl float, do we need a new national anthem?

Ages ago, I traveled overland from Europe to Nepal: the Orient Express train from Munich to Istanbul, a boat through the Black Sea, and from there a medley of local buses and trains. For muc...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods

June is Great Outdoors Month – a time when families across the country head outside to enjoy the rivers, mountains and open spaces that define the American West. In Colorado’s 3rd District, ...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

It’s time to stop preaching fiscal austerity and start practicing fiscal justice

I am writing as a paraeducator at Riverview Elementary School. I work in the Significant Support Needs program, assisting students with some of the highest needs and modifications requiremen...

DATE: Jun 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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