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Friend’s husband, kids unwanted on vacation

I have known Charlotte’s (now) husband for 16 years as well, and never cared for him. When they became engaged,…

July 22, 2018

What's Up Downtown

Durango is open for business

Here are some fun things coming up in the next few weeks: Fab Fridays in July are a new promotion…

Thinking Green

New leadership at EPA, same rollbacks

Pruitt’s personal foibles overshadow the real damage that occurred under his direction to the nation’s environmental protection. Pruitt created the…

Bears Ears: Don’t dismantle the sacred spirit of the land

It is the belief of indigenous people here in the Southwest that the land within the Bears Ears National Monument…

You must resign, Mike Pompeo. Resign, John Bolton.

Bret Stephens, columnist for the New York Times. (Tony Cenicola/The New York Times)du1-i-syn Jimmy Carter’s secretary of state, Cyrus Vance,…

Parnell: We can expect even more fires in coming years

du1-i-syn This summer, I’ve steeled myself for a repeat not only of 2002, but also of 2012 and 2013, when…

Primavera: Health reform is really about saving lives

du1-i-syn I was 38 years old, living in Colorado, raising two kids. I had barely been sick a day in…

Woman unsure about forgiving friend

She has now tried to contact me wanting to be friends again. While I do miss her friendship, she did…

Get Growing

Hand-pollinating can increase your vegetable yield

Pollination is the process of transferring pollen grains from the male flower (stamen) to the female flower (stigma). Simply stated,…

July 20, 2018

From the Humane Society

Learn how to age gracefully by watching your dog

Senior dogs don’t seem to whine, complain or tell us about their aches and pains, so it’s helpful to know…

July 20, 2018

Video games threaten relationship

I know he chats with a lot of people, both male and female, on these games. I suspect he has…

July 20, 2018

Widow struggles to start dating

I have decided to start dating again. I want to meet someone and hopefully feel loved. I joined a dating…

July 19, 2018

Mike Littwin

Littwin: Trump chooses Putin over country in Helsinki

Mike Littwin, The Colorado Independentdu1-i-syn This is not an overstatement. There is no possibility of overstatement here. In fact, you…

July 18, 2018

David Brooks

Brooks: The murder-suicide of the West

David Brooks, The New York Timesdu1-i-syn It may seem melodramatic, but that passage comes to mind when I think of…

July 18, 2018

Grandson asks about dating

DEAR MARGARET: Kids are maturing at younger ages than when we were growing up. Part of the reason may be…

July 18, 2018

Goldberg: Trump shows the world he is Putin’s lackey

du1-i-syn On Friday, the Justice Department indicted 12 members of Russia’s military intelligence service for a criminal conspiracy to interfere…

July 17, 2018

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: We may be able to get this man off death row

du1-i-syn That’s my view, and now after 35 years, the wheels of justice in California may finally be creaking into…

July 17, 2018

Family dismisses special diet

My dad’s side of the family is Italian, and a huge part of the culture is food. During celebrations, it’s…

July 17, 2018

Action Line

Mysterious trailer pops up on the radar screen

The ARRC trailer doesn’t belong to a retiree association or subversive political operatives. It’s an experimental small-scale radar project to…

July 16, 2018

Get Growing

Share the harvest in this bumper-crop year for fruit trees

By Darrin Parmenter In a year of horticultural and agricultural challenges, the one bright spot has been the fruit trees.…

July 16, 2018