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La Plata County Public Health: New name, same programs, services

On Jan. 1, La Plata County began providing the public health services that San Juan Basin Public Health had previously offered the community for 75 years of serving both Archuleta and La Pla...

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

In rural West, ‘start treating maternity care with gravity it deserves’

There’s never been enough doctors in rural Wyoming, where I live, but a shortage of obstetricians is increasing the risks for pregnant women across the state – and the nation. In the last de...

DATE: Feb 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Andy Thorn’s wild ride

Andy Thorn’s banjo has taken him to some incredible places. There’s the typical places you’d find someone with a banjo, like stages, of which he’s stood and played the banjo with the bands ...

DATE: Jan 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Bipartisan bills: ‘Rural legislators working with urban counterparts’

Our first few weeks of the second session of the 74th General Assembly have flown by quickly as we prepare for late nights, floor debates, committee hearings and meetings. During these first...

DATE: Jan 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Wife finds it hard to accept past

DEAR ABBY: After 17 years of marriage, I learned, to my dismay, that when he was 22, my husband had a long-term relationship with a 16-year-old. He insisted that she had lied about her age a...

DATE: Jan 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

‘Must call out those casual, careless about trust’

As director of a nonprofit in LaPlata County, I was dismayed to read the headline “Former director of Southwest Colorado nonprofit suspected of embezzlement.” The director of the local nonpr...

DATE: Jan 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Fall prevention

I’ll admit that I made a poor decision and after nearly three decades of medical practice I should have known better. One evening recently I was taking my dog out at night to do his business...

DATE: Jan 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Newfound freedom sparks concern

DEAR ABBY: I grew up with very strict parents. They used money to control me, even after I graduated from college and grad school. I’m happy to report that I recently landed my dream job. I ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Crimes are more than stepmom can handle

DEAR ABBY: My 30-year-old stepson, “David,” is a convicted sex offender, currently serving a 15-year sentence for possession of child pornography and having inappropriate conversations with ...

DATE: Jan 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

‘Postal Way’ needs a good fixing, by someone

Dear Action Line: The worst paved street in Durango is the drive-through to deposit mail in the outdoor mailbox at the downtown post office. The street has no name but it runs parallel t...

DATE: Jan 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

SCOTUS should accept Colorado decision Trump ‘not qualified’ for primary

Former President Donald Trump was denied his application to be on the Colorado Republican primary ballot by the Colorado Supreme Court that determined he is not qualified to serve as preside...

DATE: Jan 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Garrett Young Collective releases live album

It was an opening set that has now been turned into a full audio and video package. When The Garrett Young Collective opened for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on July 19 at the I-Bar Ranch in G...

DATE: Jan 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown