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Family secret surprises new wife

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married for a few months and are expecting our first child. His father passed away about a year ago. His parents had been married 33 years when he d...

DATE: Mar 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Rankin: Testing is just around the corner

Do you remember the Iowa Test of Basic Skills? Yikes, was it that long ago? ITBS, developed in 1935 by the University of Iowa, was administered as a tool for improving K-8th-grade education....

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

Kristof: Conflict is more profitable than peace

BAYANGA, Central African Republic — Perhaps the most devastating blow any human can suffer is to lose a child, and Julienne Moada has already lost three. A Pygmy living on the edge of the ju...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Saeger: Coloradans want public lands protected

The long-running push by politicians in Washington D.C. to privatize public lands and scale back national monuments is now coming to head, as a sympathetic White House starts to endorse and ...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Woman hesitates to leave mother

DEAR ABBY: I am an only child who has lived at home all her life – 44 years. My father recently passed away, so now it is just Mom and me. She has become extremely clingy. She is jealous...

DATE: Mar 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Forecast corrected to avoid frozen peas, thongs

I was just wondering how we will face the weather as forecast by the Durango Herald. Here’s my screen grab from this morning (Thursday, March 22): While the -48 low tonight seems chilly, on ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Doan: Listen to students during tumultuous times on the rim

In the face of a changing administration, whose voice matters most? Students — who must live through the changing administration for the next few years and whose tuition funds th...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Above the Rim

James: Being good just like you are

I have an old Gibson Epiphone guitar my second wife bought me because she didn’t want me breakin’ her Alvarez. I’ve been draggin’ her around for years just ‘bong chinginin’ away ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Watch Yore Topknot

Ex-wife treats man like friend

DEAR ABBY: My ex-wife and I were married for 29 years. Then she had an affair with a co-worker’s husband. Now that we’re divorced, she thinks we should be the best of friends! ...

DATE: Mar 26, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Valencia’s largest festival is a blazing sight to behold

It is 2 p.m. March 11 in Valencia and loud booming can be heard throughout the city and into the countryside. A massive plume of blueish smoke rises above the old town and sprea...

DATE: Mar 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: An American in Spain

Are you allowed to take pictures on planes? Yes and no.

On a recent American Airlines flight from Santiago, Chile, to Dallas, Natalie Root had a front-row seat for an unpleasant confrontation. The aircraft she boarded happened to be a ...

DATE: Mar 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Woman surprised by DNA test

DEAR ABBY: I’m hoping you can give me some guidance, as I am a huge fan and read your column regularly. I am a 32-year-old woman whose mother and grandmother told me about our proud Nati...

DATE: Mar 25, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.