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Signs of abuse list reprinted

DEAR ABBY: My granddaughter is getting married in seven months and I’m worried for her. I see many red flags she’s ignoring. Because I’m old, I don’t think she will believe me. ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Douthat: Power to the parents

The teenage crusade for gun control has given new energy to an idea that I once supported fervently: Voting rights for 16-year-olds. My support peaked when I was that age myself;...

DATE: Mar 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Bye: Returning guns to their proper role in society

Finally, it seems like our country is poised to start a real gun control debate, and it had better be more substantial than business-as-usual. It seems like a consensus could dev...

DATE: Mar 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Weiser: Standing up for fair treatment of all Coloradans

Miranda Ellis didn’t think she’d need a lawyer. Then she learned that fraudsters had used a phony check to drain her checking account of money she’d saved to pay for college. Joel...

DATE: Mar 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday