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Guests disrespect mountain cottage

DEAR ABBY: Years ago, I bought a beautiful little cottage in the North Carolina mountains as a second home. I feel very lucky to be able to afford such a luxury and have always been gene...

DATE: Aug 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Bedroom talk becomes graphic

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have been married 25 years and have three adult children who no longer live with us. We are religious and belong to a conservative church. We have a s...

DATE: Aug 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Stephens: Here’s what really makes America great, governor

Though Bill Clinton was a far better talker than he was an orator, at least one of his sentences should be carved in stone: “There is nothing wrong with America,” he said in his 1993 Inaugur...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Have you ever been fooled by ‘Big Food?’

I still remember a young family that came to me with a gluten-intolerant child. Because the child couldn’t digest gluten, it would make him, very, very sick. They were frustrated ...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Baby name reminder of tragedy

DEAR ABBY: I come from a small, close family. Last year, we suffered a devastating loss. My cousin and her two children were killed in a car accident. We have all been profoundly affecte...

DATE: Aug 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Pushy pedestrians put the cross in crosswalk

Is it me or are Durango pedestrians getting more aggressive? I’ve experienced more and more walkers who don’t pause when entering an intersection. They jump right out into the street. Sheesh...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Roberts: Social media faces its ‘Alex Jones’ problem

Platforms have wished-and-washed for weeks now about whether Alex Jones of Infowars would lose his pulpit on their services. He’s off Facebook and YouTube, and Twitter has put him in timeout...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

James: Keep forging ahead

Seems like we’ve had our share of “tribulation” – winter drought followed by summer fire – but through it all,with the help of dedicated firefighters and a slightly more generous weather pa...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Watch Yore Topknot

Friend seeks encouragement

DEAR ABBY: What do you say when a friend’s son has committed a horrific crime? Does one say, “I’m sorry” or “Call me,” or merely pat them on the shoulder and move on? Or, what? ...

DATE: Aug 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

For Durango family, trip around Europe highlights how different Spain is

Traveling to Europe is an expensive endeavor. However, once there, it is fairly cheap to go from country to country. Plane tickets from Valencia to Porto, Portugal, for instance, ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

District aims to build students’ mastery of skills, concepts

Welcome back to another great school year in Durango! Whether your child is attending one of our 9-R schools, one of our charter schools or one of our private education institutio...

DATE: Aug 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Durango School News

Don’t make these car rental mistakes on your next vacation

Before you click the “book” button on your next car rental, consider what happened to Elizabeth Thorp on a recent trip from her home in Washington to Denver. When Thorp’s airline ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter