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Unstable relative reappears as dad’s health declines

DEAR ABBY: My aunt frequently cuts people out of her life for perceived slights – small, large and imagined. A few years ago, she got into a fight with my dad (her brother). Somehow, the res...

DATE: Aug 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Being an entrepreneur is risky and rewarding business

It’s that time of year. Pop-up lemonade stands hosted by enthusiastic children dwindle with the start of school. Cottage Foods producers, artists and farmers continue to fill booths at summe...

DATE: Aug 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Teaching children about disabilities

What did you learn about disabilities as a kid? I grew up in Louisiana and Arkansas in the 1970s and ’80s, and I suspect my experience was typical of that place and era. If there were kids w...

DATE: Aug 8, 2024 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

The Watson Twins: ‘It’s one of our true gifts in life’

They were singing before they could walk and talk. Identical twins Chandra and Leigh Watson have been harmonizing together since Day One, a lifetime pursuit of perfecting their vocal chops. ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Erosion: The Power of Water

Wherever you are from, I’m sure you’ve had out-of-towners ask you, “Is this weather normal?” Here in the San Juan Mountains, the answer is always yes. From a blizzard in July to 70 degrees i...

DATE: Aug 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Unmined coal ‘follows market, law, public opinion’

The coal mining industry reacted with outrage when the Bureau of Land Management recently announced plans to stop issuing new coal leases on the eastern plains of Wyoming and Montana. From i...

DATE: Aug 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Boyfriend’s addiction a deal-breaker

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my live-in boyfriend, “Kyle,” for four years. He has many great qualities, the most important of them being he fully accepts my daughter as his own. He doesn’t se...

DATE: Aug 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Let’s leave no steppingstone unturned

Dear Action Line: My wife and I were walking along East Third Avenue recently, and in front of one house we saw the stone in the picture I have attached. It was not a hitching stone for ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Sundowning

Here are a few ideas to help tie your flies as you get older

DATE: Aug 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

‘I’ve become a person I could not even imagine in my youth’

The quest for a personal and unique identity attracts a great deal of attention these days. Contemporary society seems to urge each of us to adopt an identity, a definition of who we are com...

DATE: Aug 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Rapid growth, water: ‘Not just concerning; it’s alarming’

Colorado and the other six states that share the Colorado River will not solve the current water crisis without implementing intelligent land use. We can address our disconnect between water...

DATE: Aug 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Parents angered when neighbor calls 911

DEAR ABBY: My next-door neighbors, whom I have become close with, have three adult children. My friends admit it’s always been important for them to be their children’s friends and be the “p...

DATE: Aug 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby