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Sisters seek escape from sex trade

DEAR ABBY: I’m 19 and my sister is 16. We have been working as prostitutes here in our state and in several nearby states. We know we need help, but we are afraid to ask for it. Hotlines...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

When trees are rich with fruit, thinning can improve the harvest

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your...

DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

WIC program increasing access to healthy foods in community

For more than 16 years, San Juan Basin Public Health has housed the local Women, Infants, and Children program with services available in Durango, Pagosa Springs and Ignacio. WIC...

DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Uncle against breast enhancement

DEAR ABBY: My wife’s niece, a high school senior, is a beautiful girl with an excellent, well-proportioned figure. Like many girls her age, she’s narcissistic and obsessed with her looks...

DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Milbank: Roberts Court validates religious discrimination

WASHINGTON — On the penultimate page of their 39-page majority ruling in the Trump travel-ban case Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices overturned a 74-year-old decision they w...

DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Willpower ... for emergency use only

Are you relying on discipline to eat healthy and become your best self? If so, keep reading to learn a few important things you need to know about willpower. This might sound fami...

DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Wife tired of selfish husband

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “Oscar” for more than 30 years. He has been inattentive for more than 25 of those years. Over the last 15 years, I have found erectile dysfunction medic...

DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Trump lost immigration battle, may win the war

NEW YORK – Democrats are exultant that Donald Trump had to reverse his policy of separating immigrant families at the border. And there is good reason to celebrate: The policy was mean-spiri...

DATE: Jun 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria

Blow: Immigration policies reflect white minority anxiety

Last week Pat Buchanan was on “The Laura Ingraham Show” to discuss the humanitarian crisis Donald Trump has created at the border by ripping children away from their parents. He w...

DATE: Jun 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Is your juniper tree looking rusty? Blame it on this fungus

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your...

DATE: Jun 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

Brooks: Amnesty thugs rise in immigration debate

Ripping children away from their parents is the most cinematically cruel part of the Trump immigration policy, but it is not the most telling part. The most telling part is what happened to ...

DATE: Jun 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Watermelon board has colorful option to slapping

Much to my frugal husband’s horror, I’ve been purchasing pre-cut watermelon. I’m sick of buying the whole watermelon only to find it either over- or under-ripe. Yes, yes. I know I can return...

DATE: Jun 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line