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Action Line: Gulch sidewalk paved with good intentions

Here are two questions about Goeglein Gulch. Why do bicyclists take over the sidewalk, especially when bike lanes were installed several years ago? Furthermore, why is a length of the sidewa...

DATE: Oct 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

County turns to budget, scrutinizes revenues

It is officially fall – with spectacular colors, cooler temperatures, shorter days, much-needed rain, and at La Plata County, the 2019 budget process. The Board of County Commiss...

DATE: Oct 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Chair

Finally, I have a reason to be grateful for Trump

For the first time since Donald Trump entered the political fray, I find myself grateful that he’s in it. I’m reluctant to admit it and astonished to say it, especially since the ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Sexual abuse leaves an indelible imprint on a life

In a perfect world, girls and women subjected to sexual abuse would speak out immediately. Appropriate charges would be brought, and families would support prosecution. This is not a perfect...

DATE: Oct 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

We may want to consider writing our obituaries now

When my brother died in June, my remaining brother and I were extremely disappointed in the obituary that was published in his local hometown newspaper. It was full of inaccuraci...

DATE: Oct 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Improve your ‘travel literacy’ to make your next trip better

How do I know our collective travel literacy is lacking? I run a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that helps travelers every day. This summer, our caseload spiked to leve...

DATE: Oct 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Is Hickenlooper out of step with Dems on energy?

For eight years, Gov. John Hickenlooper has won favor on both sides for successfully navigating the political tightrope on energy issues. As a former geologist who once worked for a petroleu...

DATE: Oct 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Help is on the way to access mental health care

A teenager trapped by depression. A daughter addicted to heroin. A son lost to suicide. More than a million Coloradans face a mental health or substance-use disorder, but only hal...

DATE: Oct 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Plan now to make retirement meaningful

The good news is that a typical retirement allows for seven hours of leisure activity each day. The bad news is that, according to U.S. News & World Report, the average retiree uses more tha...

DATE: Oct 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Democracy is thriving at your community library

It’s hard to open up a publication these days without seeing some article or opinion piece about the death of democracy. So, what does democracy mean? Democracy, which derives fr...

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

I know stuff about fly fishing

As you read this, I have successfully moved from being a sexagenarian to being a septuagenarian. One definition of my new designation is that “I am now in an age of decreased mobility.” ...

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Loving baseball, even in the season of heartbreak

Former Major League Baseball Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti once wrote about America’s pastime: “It breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart. The game begins in t...

DATE: Oct 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office