Columnists

Pool patrons disregard towel protocol

DEAR ABBY: The other day I went to the pool in my neighborhood and found there were four lounge chairs…

Boyfriend steps up to act as caregiver

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my boyfriend for three months. We’ve had our ups and downs. He’s more into…

Jilted wife hesitant for 2nd chance

DEAR ABBY: I married a recovering addict, and for years he did great. We made a lovely home and family…

Nourishing Morsels

Food as an offering of love

In the harried pace of a typical day, food often is reduced to only being a means to an end.…

Action Line

Should bench be benched? Well, take a seat

Those Doritos on the “cob” bench are not an attempt at a new organic covering. (Action Line)cca Dear Action Line:…

May 22, 2023

Opinion

Power of art: Denise, heaven’s receptionist, best thing on TikTok

Kate Cohencca Do you ever wonder what heaven is like? Well, I know, because I have seen it in a…

May 21, 2023

Opinion

Give ‘old-timers,’ ‘legends’ their lifetime Purg passes

Nicole Wagnercca Another ski season has come and gone, and to the unsuspecting tourist, everything was business as usual. Stellar,…

May 21, 2023

Thinking Green

Energy choices come into focus

Whitewater boating season offers a metaphor for our local energy supply. We’re in the calm pool edging closer and closer…

Reader gives recipe a twist

DEAR ABBY: I have seen you mention in your column your cookbooklets of favorite recipes. I hope the meatloaf recipe…

Woman thinks beau has raised freeloaders

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a wonderful man for two years. He has two grown children, 27 and 21.…

What's Up Downtown

Cleaning up downtown and wrapping up spring rewards

The Durango Business Improvement District and the Durango Chamber of Commerce have partnered for 20 years on Downtown Clean Day.…

Wife reflects on marriage to alcoholic

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 39 years to a kind, supportive and loving man. We are both retired.…

Opinion

Outside consultants ‘detrimental to local democratic process’

Blake Fredricksoncca There is an unusual erosion of locally based civic life underway in Durango and La Plata County. We…

From the Extension Office

Downtown Lowdown

Check out the Slackers at Ska Brewing

A sought-after venue for a ska band to play a show is Durango’s own Ska Brewery. It’s a glorious ask…

May 18, 2023

Honoring our top 4-H graduates

The month of May means we get to celebrate our graduating high school seniors and award the La Plata County…

May 17, 2023

From the Extension Office

New plants for the season

We all have our favorite things, right? Now that I just recently turned 51 (please send belated birthday presents to…

May 17, 2023

From the Extension Office

Soil moisture may stay cold

I had the pleasure of being born and raised here in Durango – back when the family could fulfill all…

May 15, 2023

Action Line

Why Action Line refuses to answer luxury housing inquiry

A roadside view of new construction at the Glacier Club. (Courtesy of Action Line)cca Dear Action Line: Alert! An eyesore…

May 15, 2023

What's up in Durango Skies

Why dark skies are dark

Greetings stargazers. We are fortunate to live in one of the darker corners of the continental United States. Most of…

From the Chamber

Cultivating Leaders in La Plata County

While the New Oxford Dictionary of English defines leadership as the “action of leading a group of people or an…

Gulliford's Travels

A Dinosaur Murder Mystery at Jurassic National Monument

A dramatic exhibit at Jurassic National Monument includes a full-scale cast of an Allosaurus skeleton. Note the many wide-spaced teeth.…

Stewards of the Land

Which volunteer opportunity is right for you?

San Juan Mountains Association volunteers out on the trail (2022)cca The first time I worked with conservation volunteers, I led…