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‘Changes happened at pace matched by early settlement days’

C.S. Lewis – “Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes, but when we look back everything is different.” The one constant in life is that things change. Times, technology, beliefs, peopl...

DATE: Jan 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Sirius lights up the night

DATE: Jan 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

At red light, is it wrong to not go right?

Dear Action Line: Is a vehicle obligated to make a right turn on red, just because it is permitted in Colorado? I don’t like to turn right on red, especially when the car behind me is la...

DATE: Jan 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Stewardship doesn’t sleep

Although it has been a late start to winter, snowflakes have finally started flying across the San Juan Mountains, and San Juan Mountains Association’s winter stewardship and education progr...

DATE: Jan 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Spend, eat too much over holidays? Time to regroup

By now, evidence of the holidays is down to a pile of evergreens at Santa Rita Park, a random sparkle of glitter and the occasional piece of tape stuck to your floor. Settling back into life...

DATE: Jan 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Hope in the New Year

As we move into 2024, many of us are feeling a loss of hope, of any expectation that things will get better, kinder, calmer, more sane. With our beautiful earth disintegrating with fires, fl...

DATE: Jan 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Like the civil rights movement, disability rights movement persists

On Monday, we will celebrate the life and work of one of the most well-known and influential leaders of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of a group of leaders o...

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Evanoff brings Front Range electro-jam

It was a night at Red Rocks that opened up J.J. Evanoff’s mind to the audio blend of electronic and rock music. He was a teenager who was getting into the guitar, loving the playing of Pete ...

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

One migrant’s story: ‘Jobs scarce, gangs everywhere’

Exactly what causes people to leave their homeland and make a difficult trek of 3,000 miles? A young woman I’ll call Jhovid, who came here from Venezuela, has asked me to listen to her answe...

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Opinions, beliefs put relatives at odds

DEAR ABBY: My grandmother and I have lived together for the past 22 years. She raised me from the age of 3. We used to be best friends. However, over the last few years, things have changed....

DATE: Jan 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Sudden retirement shakes up marriage

DEAR ABBY: With no discussion, my husband decided to retire two years ago. He said he would just take Social Security and we’d be fine. He failed to take into account that he was underage fo...

DATE: Jan 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Depression, anxiety with Alzheimer’s ‘is what it is’

You might be tired of reading about my fight with depression and anxiety. Honestly, I’m tired of writing about it, but it is what it is. I suppose some others who have mild cognitive impairm...

DATE: Jan 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion