Columnists

Charles Brennan: Report shows rural Colorado struggled before the pandemic

Published by the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, the 2020 State of Working Colorado shows that the state’s impressive…

December 30, 2020

Nourishing Morsels

Bringing everything back to basics

Especially after a particularly challenging 2020, we are looking for ways to ensure that 2021 will be different. The clean…

December 30, 2020

Man plays with woman’s emotions

In the beginning, I didn’t know he was married. He doesn’t wear a ring, and he never mentioned a wife…

December 29, 2020

Action Line

Wood chips, and chips on the shoulder

Christmas trees can be dropped off at Santa Rita Park through Jan. 31. The city of Durango turns the discarded…

December 28, 2020

Timothy Egan: Lewis and Clark’s travails offer guidance

This year, the mouth of the Columbia serves up a metaphor for these awful times. The best metaphor is the…

December 27, 2020

La Plata Health Watch

Groundwork behind COVID-19 vaccines allowed for quick launch

The COVID-19 pandemic has infected millions and resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands in our country. Meanwhile, it…

December 26, 2020

Downtown Lowdown

Lawn Chair Kings drop new record

Over the years, their live shows have had plenty of oddball mishaps; early shows were not without overserved revelry resulting…

December 24, 2020

Fiancee loses sleep over mementos

At first, I thought he had worked through his grief because his wife suffered from early-onset Alzheimer’s and the last…

December 24, 2020

Melissa Youssef and Jim Griffin: 9-R bond election was more significant than you thought

That voters approved a bond raising $90 million to support local public school facility needs is not all that remarkable,…

December 22, 2020

Porn addiction rocks marriage

He says he wants to save their marriage and has vowed to give up the porn. I was told he…

December 22, 2020

Justin McBrayer: Why fact-checking fails to change minds

The standard suggestion is to get people better information. If we can get people to the truth, we can stem…

December 21, 2020

Action Line

The train whistle’s link to science fiction

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Polar Express goes only as far as 36th Street before turning back to the…

December 21, 2020

Richard Grossman: Half a century later, population is still the issue

du1-i-syn “Either we reduce the world’s population voluntarily or Nature will do this for us, but brutally.” – Maurice Strong…

December 20, 2020

Thinking Green

New administration means new environmental rules

The Trump administration gained notoriety for its widespread attempts to abandon or undermine rules intended to reduce pollution or safeguard…

December 19, 2020

Memories cloud devoted dad’s happiness

I just have this feeling of loneliness. I feel like I have my children and that’s it. My mind often…

December 18, 2020

From the Humane Society

In tough times, people showed best selves with animals

La Plata County Humane Society 2020 will forever be remembered as the Year of COVID-19, but for those of us…

December 18, 2020

Downtown Lowdown

Records of 2020 Part II, Nos. 5 to 1

This collection comes from a year’s worth of listening. This list is not based on consumer numbers and sales, as…

From the Extension Office

People, projects, learning define the 4-H experience

4-H provides members the opportunity to grow and learn skills they will use their entire lives, while having fun and…

Working mom pressured to stay on job

After our first child was born, my husband made clear that it was unacceptable for me to leave my career…

Farhad Manjoo: Our mental health is worst in two decades

Farhad Manjoodu1-i-syn But now comes winter and the holidays, a time of special dread. Even in ordinary years, this season…

Ernest House Jr.: A solid plan to restore 30% of Colorado’s lands and waters by 2030

du1-i-syn That’s according to a recent report, Colorado’s “Pathways to 30×30,” a joint project of Conservation Colorado and Western Resource…

December 16, 2020

Strength in Well-being

Cultivating your image of success

It’s been a dream that has been at our side for years – since high school, marriage, postpregnancy or after…

December 16, 2020