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Costello and Moore: Federal budget poison pills – policy riders risk clean air, public health

According to the 2018 Conservation in the West poll, Coloradans overwhelmingly favor health-protective rules that keep us safe from air pollutants and climate-changing methane emissions. Sev...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Downtown ambassadors take to the streets

The Durango Business Improvement District offers many programs for businesses, as well as information and services for anyone visiting downtown Durango. One thing that fulfills both is the D...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Grossman: Shootings are a terrible way to reduce our population

“… I call on President Trump and the Republican controlled House and Senate and Executive Branch to work together, get some bills passed and stop taking money from the NRA because children a...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Man uses security cameras to spy

DEAR ABBY: I’m a stay-at-home mom with three children – all in school. We recently had security cameras installed around our house. However, my husband has taken to using them to monitor...

DATE: Mar 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Is inside better than outside when it comes to owning cats?

By Al Winzerling Since the 1990s, cats have surpassed dogs in popularity as pets in the U.S. and Europe. Generally, cats are less demanding and easier to take care of for a busy p...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Ornstein: This major challenge to local news has gone almost unnoticed

The foundations of the U.S. political system have recently come under unprecedented threat, centered on manipulation by foreign powers – notably, the insidious role of Russian interference i...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mazur: Bayfield basketball gets its day

Some weary boys stepped off the school bus on Sunday, but they were holding the ultimate prize, a long-sought state championship for Bayfield...in basketball. This small school ha...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Man searches for past lover

DEAR ABBY: This is the 37th anniversary of when I met and fell in love with a beautiful young woman in Iowa. We were together less than a year before she decided to pursue her dreams in ...

DATE: Mar 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Young people must learn the basics of financial literacy

Recently, I enjoyed working with and learning from seventh-graders at Miller Middle School as we discussed financial literacy. Know Your Dough provided the curriculum – which is ...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Davidson: Sunshine Week is turbid under Trump

WASHINGTON — If sunshine is the best disinfectant, President Donald Trump must pray for rain. He and his administration have a gloomy record when it comes to transparency, a parti...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Harrop: Middle America must lead on guns

America desperately needed a new kind of citizen leader to force political change. She found it in the students, parents and teachers scarred by the massacre at a Parkland, Florida, high sch...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Son angry about wedding gift

DEAR ABBY: I was working out of town in a position that paid a good salary. When my adult son proposed to his girlfriend, I told him I would try and give him $10,000 for the wedding. Wel...

DATE: Mar 15, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby