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Combating opioid epidemic requires numerous efforts

There is an epidemic of opioid misuse in the United States. While the causes are multifactorial, the results have been devastating to individuals, families and communities throughout the cou...

DATE: May 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Harney: Racial disparities notable in mortgage rejections

WASHINGTON – For millions of Americans hoping to buy or refinance a home, it’s a crucial make-or-break question: Will the lender say yes to our mortgage application, turn it down or charge u...

DATE: May 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Shared misery enables friendship

DEAR ABBY: I lost my husband of 45 years three years ago. My longtime friend, “Grace,” was very supportive and included me in family dinners and outings so I wouldn’t be alone. A year ag...

DATE: May 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Chatbots are the travel industry’s new conversation piece

Travel chatbots are having a moment. It’s about time. After a few false starts, these automated programs that answer basic questions, find deals or secure refunds are slowly comin...

DATE: May 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Boyfriend flirts with other women

DEAR ABBY: I have the sweetest boyfriend I’ll call “Earl.” He’s 58. I’m a widow and have been with him for two years. Earl loves me, helps me and goes out with me wherever I want to go. ...

DATE: May 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Durango puts best foot forward at IPW in Denver

I am writing this column from Denver today. As I look down from my 10th-floor hotel room, I see the back of a blue bear peering into the Denver Convention Center. Also known as “I See What Y...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

McQuade: Time to ignore pundits and act like Americans

We’re a nation, America, and it would be healthy for us to act like one again, rather than like two diametrically opposed nations attempting to bunk together. If you’re a student of history,...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Writers on the Range: Speak up now to prevent oil development in ANWR

Last December, Congress tucked a provision into the new tax law that mandates oil drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which is among the nation’s most treasured natural lan...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Macon: Art is key to developing problem-solving skills

Creative problem-solving has become a modern day hinge pin of success. Why is art important in education and in life? Because the practice of seeing and observing, often found in artistic pu...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: On Education

Grossman: Recognize family planning as a basic human right

Family planning was declared to be a basic human right 50 years ago this month. The right to family planning was included in the International Conference on Human Rights held in Tehran in Ma...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Teen wants way out of gang

DEAR ABBY: I am 19, and I have been smoking and drinking – a lot – ever since I was 14. I also sneak out and go to parties and hang out with a gang I’m in. We get into a lot ...

DATE: May 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Celebrating the good old days of right now

We are just entering the seasonal festival that is flowering trees. First fruit trees, now lilacs. I’ve been mesmerized from our upstairs windows, mesmerized on the ground, mesme...

DATE: May 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood