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New husband wants second wife

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for seven months, and my husband wants a second wife, something I do not agree with. He says he likes helping people and has decided he wants a former love...

DATE: Mar 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Master classes enrich students

Kerry Ginger knows plenty of people in “the biz,” and she’s invited two pros to Fort Lewis College for a series of open master classes in musical theater. “The tools, and the tri...

DATE: Mar 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Here’s to hoping the passion of the young prevails

I was born in 1949. I was old enough but too immature, too sheltered and insufficiently civic-minded to join protests for civil rights and against the Vietnam War mounted by braver people my...

DATE: Mar 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

The silent killer ... when it’s ignored

High blood pressure is known as the silent killer because most people do not experience any symptoms. Do you have high blood pressure? It’s easier than you might think to improve...

DATE: Mar 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Woman revisits past assault

DEAR ABBY: Years ago, my husband and I hosted a St. Patrick’s Day party in our apartment. There was a lot of drinking going on. I had to work early the next morning, so I went to bed whi...

DATE: Mar 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Harrop: In facing Russia, we don’t even have a Neville Chamberlain

“Darkest Hour” follows Winston Churchill’s struggle to rouse Britain to confront the Nazi menace. Winning the war was step two. Step one, the movie’s theme, was to get the country to agree t...

DATE: Mar 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Kristof: I saw a genocide in slow motion

RAKHINE STATE, Myanmar – Sono Wara spent the day crying. And even after her tear ducts emptied, her shirt was still wet from leaking milk. Her newborn twins had died the previous ...

DATE: Mar 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Kent: Let’s have a conversation about gun control

Friends, the time has come for our country to have a sane, reasonable conversation about gun control and the Second Amendment. The carnage and heartache simply is not stopping and soon enoug...

DATE: Mar 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Husband’s work life upsets wife

DEAR ABBY: I have been married two years, but my husband and I have been together for more than 10. We have a 3-year-old daughter who has needed a few extra doctor appointments and thera...

DATE: Mar 6, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

His brave stand changed how we view football and head injuries

It’s fortunate for athletes that some immigrants from President Donald Trump’s expletive-deleted African countries were welcomed rather than rejected as hut-dwelling undesirables. ...

DATE: Mar 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Transparent fee puts the ‘bill’ in sustainability

So I get this flyer in the city utilities bill about “Sustainability in Durango.” It says that “to increase transparency,” there’s now a $2.30 monthly “fee” to fund “sustainability efforts.”...

DATE: Mar 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

James: When luck is just luck

Do you ever think about luck? Man I do. It’s always there, mashed somewhere between love, snuff, horses and coffee. Good luck, bad luck, lot’s of luck, no luck, it seems there is...

DATE: Mar 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Watch Yore Topknot

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.