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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...

Nourish Your Liver: The Key to Sustainable Detoxification

It’s springtime! Let’s all pull out the green detox juice to rinse away all the winter’s guilty pleasures. Green juice and smoothies are healthy, nutrient-dense additions to your diet, and I...

A conscious and loving approach to death and dying

My friends Christine and Helen are death doulas. They are nonmedical professionals who provide emotional, spiritual and informational support for those nearing the end of their lives, and al...

Column: Chasing the eclipse

Durango man watches Monday’s total solar eclipse in Uvalde, Texas

This week’s answer provided by Laurence Olivier

Dear Action Line: Here’s a question I see debated online: When a driver is eastbound on College Drive immediately upon turning from Camino del Rio and takes a left into the Wells Fargo B...

Consider ‘candidates’ views on health care, proposed solution’

The 2024 elections may well be decided by voters this fall based on economic conditions but health care is turning out to be an unexpected central campaign issue. The League of Women Voters ...

It’s spring, sort of

Here’s how to prepare for the tricky weather

Revelation of affair clouds present, future

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have known each other for 25 years. We married five years ago. At that time, I was making 500-mile round trips twice a month to visit my children from my first marri...

Man can longer support brother

DEAR ABBY: My brother (eight years younger) has been hooked on drugs and in and out of jail for decades. Our father died five years ago. My brother lived with him in a different state until ...

NM fire survivors ‘who generously spoke vital to work’

In February 2023, I signed a lease on a dusty studio apartment in Las Vegas, New Mexico, just outside the burn scar of the largest wildfire in New Mexico history. Based on the railroad ties ...

Protecting, connecting and thriving: Priorities during National Public Health Week and year-round

National Public Health Week ends Monday, culminating seven days of recognizing the importance of public health in our communities. This year’s theme, “Protecting, Connecting and Thriving: We...

Acid Wrench: ‘We just love playing live’

It began with a drum set. Local attorney Justin Bogan has always been a fan of the punk-rock, digging on classic hardcore bands from labels like SST out of Los Angeles, Sub-Pop out of Seattl...