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Dear Abby

Remarried dad’s behavior makes daughter cringe

DEAR ABBY: My parents were married for 50 years. My Dad remarried a nice lady a year after Mom died.…

December 21, 2025

From the Humane Society

A fond farewell: Looking back and leaping forward with LPCHS

This will be my last article for The Durango Herald as the La Plata County Humane Society executive director. After…

December 19, 2025

Opinion

On history: The real Antifa – World War II veterans who fought fascism and tyranny

Last Saturday, Dec. 13, the nation honored fallen service members with wreaths placed on graves across America. On Dec. 7,…

December 19, 2025

Dear Abby

Man sees ‘signs’ amid heartache

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 55-year-old man who dated a very special lady, “Dawn,” for 12 years. We were both married…

December 19, 2025

Downtown Lowdown

Folk jam brings people together

It’s good to challenge yourself. Put yourself into various situations that may cause fear: jump off a high dive into…

December 17, 2025

Opinion

We must not succumb to the darkness of hate and fear

There is a particular horror in violent attacks on holy days and in holy places. This is terror in its…

December 17, 2025

Dear Abby

Babysitting brings marriage to brink

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I stopped having sexual relations eight years ago. She keeps our two grandchildren 11 to…

December 17, 2025

Action Line

Roadkill: It’s what’s for dinner

Landon Hutchinson, left, and Phillip Walley, in the truck, hunters from Mississippi, along with Marco Hernandez, load up the deer…

December 15, 2025

Opinion

Rep. Hurd, it’s time to introduce the Dolores River National Conservation Area bill

As County commissioners from Montezuma and La Plata counties with multigenerational histories in the Dolores River Basin, we have spent…

December 14, 2025

Opinion

Stewart’s 2026 legislative priorities: EMS pay, jail safety, health care subsidies

We have less than six weeks to go before the 2026 legislative session, so I’d like to give an overview…

December 14, 2025

What's Up Downtown

Tim’s top 10 for 2025

Tim Walsworth Another trip around the sun is almost over, and what a year it was. There are lots of…

December 14, 2025

Southwest Life

Getting up to steam

The 25th Anniversary of the Durango Railroad Historical Society

December 13, 2025

Stewards of the Land

Kudos to all those who kept San Juan Mountains Association going in 2025

Stephanie Webercca During the spring and summer, all of us at San Juan Mountains Association (SJMA) stood alongside our federal…

December 13, 2025

Creating Community

When neighbors know where to turn, communities grow stronger

In rural communities like ours, we pride ourselves on looking out for one another. Yet, when it comes to navigating…

December 12, 2025

Dear Abby

Effort to be good grandfather fails

DEAR ABBY: Ten years ago, I connected with “Christi,” a daughter I fathered with a woman I was in a…

December 12, 2025

Dear Abby

Family’s collective mental health declining

DEAR ABBY: As my parents have aged, my father has been misremembering things or making wrong assumptions. It has increasingly…

December 12, 2025

From the Extension Office

Take the stress out of gift giving by adding meaning

Perhaps, like me, you have mixed feelings about gift-giving. It’s a joy to stumble across something and know instantly that…

December 12, 2025

Opinion

The hazards of homelessness show ‘Housing First’ is practical, humane and cost-effective

I’d like to offer a bit of consolation and clarification. While I believe a majority of the public holds genuine…

December 10, 2025

Dear Abby

Too late to leave narcissist?

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to a narcissist for 28 years. He has gaslighted me for our entire 30 years…

December 10, 2025

Action Line

Has the Purgatory logo always been upside down?

cca Dear Action Line, Rumor among the Purgatory Underground (which, maybe appropriately, sounds a bit like a ski mountain upside…

December 8, 2025

Opinion

The Western Slope’s food insecurity crisis isn’t about geography – it’s about policy

As the holiday season settles over the Western Slope, the region’s beauty disguises a growing emergency: Families are struggling to…

December 7, 2025

Opinion

Southwest Colorado’s journey to 2026: How our stories and landscapes continue to shape who we are

In 2021, the American Association for State and Local History asked communities across the country to start thinking about 2026…

December 7, 2025

Opinion

Making life less affordable, one hidden tax at a time

You know those streaming services that quietly raise their prices every few months, and suddenly you’re paying $49.99 a month…

December 7, 2025

Dear Abby

Teacher has message for parents

DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I love my job, and I love my students. However, as I near the…

December 7, 2025