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Friend continues to make bad choices

DEAR ABBY: I have a friend who’s 22 and has two children, which I helped her to deliver. She is also my neighbor. Since she moved in and divorced her husband, my husband and I have watch...

DATE: Sep 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The new play is the thing in Four Corners

Recently, Joyce Fontana’s play, “Paindemonium,” got a staged reading as a finalist in the Aloha Theatre’s Original Play Festival XXV. Yes, that means one Hawaiian new play festival has been ...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Family alarmed when boy hurts animals

DEAR ABBY: My 3-year-old grandson hurts animals. He’s intelligent and articulate. He understands many concepts about all kinds of things. Frankly, I’m scared. It’s because he is so intel...

DATE: Sep 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The surprising effects of stress on your gut

If you’ve ever listened to an older friend or family member speaking of the “good ole days,” they might have referred to them as being simpler times. I know when I look at the world my kids ...

DATE: Sep 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Fiancée wants group chat to end

DEAR ABBY: My fiancée is in a group chat with a dozen of his friends. They are all professional men in their 30s with families. They regularly send each other pornographic images. This i...

DATE: Sep 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Douthat: Will Democrats own the Asian-American vote?

This past week, the Trump Justice Department threw its weight behind a high-profile lawsuit against Harvard University, in which a group of Asian-American plaintiffs claim – with a great dea...

DATE: Sep 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Ross Douthat

Retiree wants wife to join adventures

DEAR ABBY: The wife of “Headed for the Open Road” (June 25) will never forgive herself if she doesn’t accompany her newly retired husband on his open-road adventures. After working for 4...

DATE: Sep 4, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Lessons of the 416 Fire show how our approach to wildfires has evolved

The summer of 2018 in Durango will go down as a summer of fire and smoke. There are many lessons to learn from the devastating pattern of drought, wildfire and debris we are endu...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Police return device fast and with humor to boot

Uh oh. I knew parking was strictly enforced in Durango, but seriously? Why would the city impound its own fleet? Is Durango a parking dictatorship? Sign me, Vladimir Bootin When...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

A DNA test implicates an innocent man. What happened?

Lukis Anderson couldn’t remember any murder. “Nah, nah, nah. I don’t do things like that,” he told his public defender when the DNA results came back. “But maybe I did.” ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

The harvest, the weather make September great

I’m a fan of September – if it had an Instagram page, I would follow it; a Facebook site, I would like it. The cool mornings, afternoons in the 80s and nights with open windows m...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Girlfriend hesitant about implants

DEAR ABBY: I have been in a relationship with a very special man who is five years younger. We met on an online dating site and have been seeing each other for several years. We are well...

DATE: Sep 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby