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Join the fun as the La Plata County Fair celebrates its 70th anniversary

Since 1948, La Plata County has organized an annual county fair. This year marks the event’s 70th anniversary. Join us from Aug. 8 to Aug. 12 at the La Plata County Fairgrounds t...

DATE: Jul 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Family abuse should remain hidden

DEAR ABBY: As a child, I suffered a lot of abuse from my parents until I finally, at 13, opened up to a teacher. I was removed from my house and spent the remainder of my youth in variou...

DATE: Jul 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Brooks: Localist Revolution is likely the coming wave

We’ve tried liberalism and conservatism, and now we’re trying populism. Maybe the next era of public life will be defined by a resurgence of localism. Localism is the belief that ...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Revisiting the Garden of Eden

Listening to a TED talk last year, I jotted down the following quote from the speaker whose name is now lost to me: “Our imagination has become an ecological force.” Trying to loc...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

For people with diabetes, air travel can present challenges

Before she boarded her flight from Santiago, Chile, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, the unthinkable happened to Barbara Rowan: a security screener tried to confiscate her needles. Row...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Friend’s husband, kids unwanted on vacation

DEAR ABBY: “Charlotte” and I have been friends for 16 years, ever since we met in college. She lives several states away, so we see each other only once a year when she and her family co...

DATE: Jul 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Durango is open for business

Tourists are returning, we are getting rain late in the day and cool nights. The Durango-Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad is running to Silverton, the San Juan National Forest is open with no...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

New leadership at EPA, same rollbacks

By the time Scott Pruitt resigned as the Environmental Protection Agency’s administrator, he was the poster child for bungling personal entitlement. As Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa put...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Bears Ears: Don’t dismantle the sacred spirit of the land

On Dec. 4, 2017, President Donald Trump traveled to Utah to announce his attempt to undo the Bears Ears National Monument. His actions shrink the size of the protected landscape and reduce t...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

You must resign, Mike Pompeo. Resign, John Bolton.

Before the word “resignation” became a euphemism for being fired, it connoted a sense of public integrity and personal honor. Attorney General Elliot Richardson and his deputy, William Rucke...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Parnell: We can expect even more fires in coming years

During summer 2002, my parents and I escaped the smoky air of Estes Park by spending much of our vacation in front of the TV. It had been the worst fire season in Colorado history – a harbin...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Primavera: Health reform is really about saving lives

When Jared Polis first approached me about the possibility of serving as Colorado’s next lieutenant governor, he asked what motivated me to enter public service. So I told him my story: ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

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