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Barbara McLachlan: Colorado agriculture is nonpartisan

We rarely missed a show together. It was during those fun days we became closely acquainted with the importance of…

April 30, 2021

Downtown Lowdown

A music scene needs a music store

Any town with a stellar music scene most likely is backed by a music store, a place that offers the…

April 30, 2021

Dear Abby

Dating suffers in sex-obsessed culture

I’d like to believe that sex is something people who are already emotionally intimate can share. But by the third…

April 29, 2021

Guest Columns

Mike Littwin: Gun-violence bills in state won’t be matched in Congress

du1-i-syn Doing something is critical, even if it’s not enough. Don’t blame the state legislature for that, though. Doing something…

April 29, 2021

Guest Columns

Lawrence S. Wittner: Despite COVID-19, other crises, major powers increased military spending in 2020

Even so, the disasters of 2020 were not shocking enough to jolt the world’s most powerful nations out of their…

April 29, 2021

Healing Nutrition

Emotional eating – is it why diets have failed you?

Spoiler alert: We are all human, so we all eat for emotional reasons to some degree. If you eat when…

April 28, 2021

Guest Columns

Letter: Address Native poverty, leave ’the Chief’ alone

They could ask the elder who is subsisting on corn flakes and instant mashed potatoes what she thinks about the…

April 28, 2021

Guest Columns

Rural startups fuel the future

Durango native explains the coming boom

April 28, 2021

Dear Abby

Relationship ends when wife returns

His wife abandoned him and their two children for more than a year, and he didn’t know anything about raising…

April 27, 2021

Guest Columns

Writers on the Range: Pumping up fear on the Colorado River

du1-i-syn “That could fall,” the father quavered. “It could kill someone!” Puzzled, the young man climbed onto a chair, and…

April 27, 2021

Guest Columns

Kayla Shaggy: Take down the Toh-Atin ‘Chief’

du1-i-syn To me, the Chief sign is a mocking caricature reminding me of how much the people of Durango didn’t…

April 27, 2021

Guest Columns

Paul Krugman: Getting real about coal and climate

Paul Krugmandu1-i-syn It’s good to see this kind of realism. Remember, back in 2016, Donald Trump promised that he would…

April 27, 2021

Guest Columns

Writers on the Range: The Western state rush to suppress voting

Jeff Milchendu1-i-syn More than 76% of eligible Coloradoans voted in 2020 – second only to Minnesota in statewide turnout. Every…

April 27, 2021

Action Line

Action Line speaks truth to power bill

If the urge strikes to stack mattresses left out during the city of Durango’s Spring Cleanup, do it tastefully –…

April 26, 2021

Guest Columns

Gail Collins: A spring politics quiz good for a few laughs

Gail Collinsdu1-i-syn 1. Donald Trump celebrated his post-presidential Easter by … A. Hiding some eggs where Eric and Don Jr.…

April 26, 2021

Guest Columns

Ron Dickson: Bipartisan support is needed for climate change to work

du1-i-syn Today, 51-plus years since the first Earth Day, we face a new challenge. Climate change is impacting life in…

April 26, 2021

La Plata Health Watch

Feeling pandemic fatigue? The end is in sight, stay the course

More than a year into the declared public health emergency, so-called “pandemic fatigue” has set in. You might even be…

April 25, 2021

Guest Columns

Jan and Greg Phillips: Medicare for All, Version 2021

H.R. 1976 calls for expanding our existing Medicare system to cover every citizen, of any age, from birth to death.…

April 25, 2021

From the Chamber

Leadership comes in many forms

Have we had some tough times? Oh, sorry, that’s an understatement. I’d just like to take a little bit of…

April 24, 2021

Guest Columns

Allen Best: Can Tri-State pivot to stay afloat?

Allen Bestdu1-i-syn Two years ago S&P Global Ratings gave Tri-State an A rating. Then it downgraded the wholesale power provider…

April 24, 2021

Guest Columns

Don Coram: Budget, greenhouse gas emissions dominate session

Sixteen amendments were passed to Senate Bill 21-205 (the budget bill, also known as “the Long Bill”) presented by the…

April 24, 2021

Guest Columns

Antonia Clark: Op-ed on ‘the Chief’ unfair to owners

Antonia Clarkdu1-i-syn As part owner of Toh-Atin’s parking lot and the Chief Diner sign, I have met with City Councilor…

April 24, 2021

Community Voices

Comfort Keepers offers emergency preparedness help

Trained staff members will provide 50 of their in-home care clients essential supplies and information that will be instrumental in…

April 24, 2021

Community Voices

Manna executive director to speak to Rotary Club of Durango

Morse has been Manna’s executive director since 2018 and will speak about Manna’s new Three-Year Strategic Plan and its impact…

April 24, 2021