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For a healthy landscape in 2019, give yard, garden a little love now

I fully realize how stepping into the garden this time of year can be a challenge – like waking up at 6:30 a.m. with the sky pitch black, buying carrots from the grocery store and not the fa...

DATE: Nov 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Donald Trump’s America not a safe place for Jews

WASHINGTON – George Washington, in his 1790 letter to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, told Jews they would be safe in the new nation. “The government of the United S...

DATE: Nov 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Friend’s loyalty may be shifting

DEAR ABBY: I’m in middle school. “Jill” has been my best friend for 11 years. She has always been shy, while I am outgoing. Recently, she has been hanging out with the class “ho,” “Kelly...

DATE: Oct 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Cut your sugar intake with a power bowl

This wouldn’t be a nutrition column if we never talk about salad! As we celebrate Halloween today, a lot of candy will be sold in the U.S. We can combat this volume of sugar by ma...

DATE: Oct 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Tattoo lover gets birthday criticism

DEAR ABBY: My daughter recently celebrated her 20th birthday. She’s a good kid with a decent job who happens to like tattoos. For her birthday, my in-laws sent her a birthday...

DATE: Oct 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Mobile devices cause mobility woes at car wash

Do cellphones disrupt the computers in an automatic car wash? What is the safety issue at Durango Rapid Wash, across from Durango High School? I feel like I’m boarding an airplane with the w...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Integrated healthcare can serve as life preserver

As a primary care provider, it has become apparent to me that we need to shift how primary care is structured by expanding our role in early identification of behavioral health concerns (men...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

How to handle space invaders on a crowded airplane

A survey by the market research firm CivicScience finds that passengers are deeply divided about personal space on planes. For example, it reported that 78 percent of U.S. adults...

DATE: Oct 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Social connections are key to your well-being

Maybe you may have heard of the Blue Zones – five regions of the world notable for the highest longevity, meaning that people live longer, on average, than anywhere else on Earth. ...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Comparing apples to oranges

Ballot Question 2A for the new police station and maintaining the streets has brought an unusual comparison of apples and oranges in an op-ed published in the Herald (10/13). I d...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Acknowledge this one symptom of overpopulation

“Humans are at the center of global climate change: …social change is key to effectively respond to climate change” — IPPC Special ReportDo you remember the politicians in North Carolina...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Making the tiny move ... and you can too

I’m living in a 350-square-foot tiny home in Portland, Oregon, with Cheri and our dog and cat. It’s 19 feet by 11 feet with a small loft. It has a complete kitchen – stove, oven, fridge, mic...

DATE: Oct 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

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