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Deer beloved? Not always around Durango

Dear Action Line: Looking out my window into the backyard last week, I counted 20 deer, including four beautiful bucks and two sets of twins. A mountain lion has been visiting our in-tow...

DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

‘Disappointed’ Adventure Inn deal for bridge housing fell through

I was disappointed that the proposed purchase of the Adventure Inn in Durango had fallen through, as reported in The Durango Herald on March 30. Bridge housing, as the name implies, is a cri...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Patriotism: ‘Working to live up to ideals country founded on’

I see many people proclaiming themselves to be patriots. They wear the American Flag lapel pin. They may have flag bumper stickers. Possibly they have actual American flags or Gadsden flags ...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Creating More “Stewards of the Lands” through SJMA’s Visitor Centers

As a conversation starter, often visitors or folks who have recently moved here ask “Where are you from?” or “How long have you been here?” I respond with a confident “I grew up here.” So wh...

DATE: Apr 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Relationship hits two years without meetup

DEAR ABBY: I am a gay man who matched with another guy on a dating site two years ago this month. At first, we texted constantly. No one has ever made me feel the way he made me feel through...

DATE: Apr 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Date marking on food is misleading, but the nose knows

There comes a time in every kitchen when you’re faced with the question, “Does this smell bad?” Without hesitation, I feel my yuck face take shape and a strange combination of dread and curi...

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Our Own Lives a new way to build community

Warm weather, barbecues, playing in the local rivers and lakes, hiking, biking and launching a new way to build community! In July, the portion of Community Connections Inc. that provides se...

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Let’s play climate change game: ‘Adapt/Move/Die’

Let’s play a game, the climate-change game that every living thing on Earth has no choice but to play, starting . . . now. The game is called Adapt/Move/Die, and the rules are simple. The ob...

DATE: Apr 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

25-year marriage in intimacy-free zone

DEAR ABBY: I’m in a sexless 25-year marriage. It was not always this way, but any intimacy has been over for more than a decade. My wife’s libido has waned, which I understand. What she does...

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grandma not allowed to hold baby

DEAR ABBY: My oldest daughter, “Kate,” is 22. Her baby is now 6 months old. She is the first grandchild and great-grandchild. Kate refuses to allow my mom to hold her baby. My mom has held t...

DATE: Apr 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Ragwater to hold record-release concert

It was a little more than two decades ago when Pagosa Springs-based musicians Chris Rapp and Chris Haas began their musical partnership. Vocalist Haas had asked guitar player Rapp about play...

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Pepper Trail: ‘Still so many places worth saving’

For a long time, climate change was largely perceived as a distant threat. But Oregon writer-biologist Pepper Trail, 70, who often writes for the opinion service Writers on the Range, said h...

DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

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.