Columnists

Woman wants equal relationship

I have been as patient and nice as I can be, as well as continuing to tell him how much…

September 8, 2018

Durango Nature Studies

One word at a time, our understanding of nature is diminishing

True, they may be things you see when hiking around these parts, but that’s not exactly it. They are five…

Creating Community

We honor our Direct Support Professionals with DSP Week

While I realize I am a bit behind for Labor Day, I am actually just in time to pay tribute…

Robert Samuelson

Will the next financial crisis come as a stranger?

A decade after the onset of the 2008-09 global financial crisis – an event usually dated to the bankruptcy of…

Guest Columns

Some states too friendly to livestock

None of that, however, has anything to do with being “livestock friendly” in the 21st century. du1-i-syn Nebraska’s Livestock Friendly…

From the Extension Office

Take these simple steps to avoid foodborne illness

The majority of “stomach flu” is actually food poisoning. Why did no one else get sick? We each react differently.…

Friend continues to make bad choices

She’s now dating another man who’s obviously using her. I have a hard time not telling him off when I…

Culture Gulch

The new play is the thing in Four Corners

A Durango resident and retired nurse practitioner, Fontana brings to playwriting decades of medical knowledge. Her scripts run the gamut…

September 6, 2018

Family alarmed when boy hurts animals

He has been doing this off and on for the last couple of years. My daughter, my husband and I…

September 6, 2018

Healing Nutrition

The surprising effects of stress on your gut

With the evolution of society came an increase in day-to-day stress that we are all working to manage. Today, I…

September 5, 2018

Fiancée wants group chat to end

I think my fiancée should tell his friends not to send these images and to change the group icon. My…

September 5, 2018

Ross Douthat

Douthat: Will Democrats own the Asian-American vote?

This happened in the same moment that the No. 1 movie in America is “Crazy Rich Asians,” a guilty-pleasure romantic…

September 5, 2018

Retiree wants wife to join adventures

I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn’t experienced our frozen Jeep in Yellowstone or the eerie silence on…

September 4, 2018

Gulliford's Travels

Lessons of the 416 Fire show how our approach to wildfires has evolved

There are many lessons to learn from the devastating pattern of drought, wildfire and debris we are enduring, but one…

Action Line

Police return device fast and with humor to boot

A booted Parking Division vehicle last weekend at the Transit Center gave Farmers Market attendees some food for thought.Courtesy of…

Coroner's Report

A DNA test implicates an innocent man. What happened?

“Nah, nah, nah. I don’t do things like that,” he told his public defender when the DNA results came back.…

From the Extension Office

The harvest, the weather make September great

The cool mornings, afternoons in the 80s and nights with open windows make up for the lost time in June…

Girlfriend hesitant about implants

My dilemma is I have breast implants. I had the surgery 20 years ago when I was newly widowed and…

Guest Columns

Zimmerman: Corporate interests compromise the Interior Department

And that the company then sued the United States to defend its purported trademark? And that to top it all…

September 2, 2018