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A fond farewell after 17 years

I never dreamed of being a horticulturist and I’m not sure I knew what Extension was until graduate school. But somehow those two worlds collided and I found myself sitting in a back desk at...

DATE: Mar 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Column: To complete its rebuild, Fort Lewis women’s basketball must learn how to win in February

Skyhawks have struggled in February under coach Taylor Harris

DATE: Mar 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Fly fish, eat, sleep times six

It has been a while since I have had to use my passport to go fly fishing. My friend and fly-fishing partner, John and I put a stop to that dilemma this past February. Usually John and I ch...

DATE: Mar 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Helpful hints to get your onsite wastewater system up and running

Last month, Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his winter slumber and did not see his shadow, which means that an early spring may be on its way. Whenever it arrives, warmer weather also ushers ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

In-laws exclude spouses from family text chain

DEAR ABBY: I recently married and was excited to be part of my husband’s family. My own siblings and I are not particularly close. During COVID-19, one of my husband’s sisters started a fami...

DATE: Mar 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

‘When can we respect dignity, wishes of aged, ill?’

Dr. Thomas J. Perille’s guest column on Feb. 23 in The Durango Herald, previously published in The Colorado Sun, is wrong on so many counts. He talks about Senate Bill 068, currently in the ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Long nights, in-depth debate, good legislation for Colorado’

We are a third of the way through our time in the Legislature this year, and I anticipate the next two-thirds will consist of long nights, in-depth debate, dozens of meetings and some good l...

DATE: Mar 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Storm clouds and sun with Southwest Civic Winds

Last Sunday, the Southwest Civic Winds musically crashed storm clouds together and brought out the sun. So much energy went into the winter concert, the first of four this year, the audience...

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

‘Mixed in Mancos’ bringing new energy

Erik Nordstrom is a champion of the regional music scene. He’s played scores of shows around the area as a member of bands Lawn Chair Kings and Farmington Hill, and if he’s not playing with ...

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

House Bill 1296 ‘a lot of power to put in hands of record keepers’

There’s a new buzzword in Colorado politics: vexatious. If that word wasn’t on your 2024 bingo card, join the club. Yet here we are, so let’s go down the rabbit hole of House Bill 1296, a bi...

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Rosa Parks ‘had all the time in the world to talk’

It was 2 p.m. on a recent Sunday in the western Colorado town of Paonia, population 1,500. Not an ideal time to gather a crowd to meet the famous Rosa Parks, the woman who kicked off the mod...

DATE: Feb 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Toxic beauty standards can be passed down

When my best friend and I lived together 13 years ago, our shared bathroom had a handful of products: soap, tanning lotion, deodorant, toothpaste, potpourri and maybe, occasionally, a face c...

DATE: Feb 25, 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.