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From the Extension Office

Past cruelties linger in relationship

For the record, I and many others always found Vera to be extremely self-absorbed and lacking in empathy. She often…

March 18, 2021

Downtown Lowdown

Sunny Gable’s new album out Saturday

Perhaps it hits when you’re staring at the ceiling at 3 a.m. as you worry about how you’re going to…

March 18, 2021

Livestock weigh-in sets course toward La Plata County Fair

In total, we weighed in 41 steers and heifers, ranging from 594 pounds to 1,063 pounds. This is always an…

March 18, 2021

Happy host declines help in kitchen

For more than 20 years, my husband and I hosted a dinner every Sunday after church. I set the table…

March 16, 2021

Letter from Korla

Letter: Support permanent Daylight Savings Time

The main influencer was former Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush supporting the ski industry. Seems they didn’t want ski personnel working…

March 16, 2021

Action Line

A shrunken head, and the lost ‘Z’ and ‘J’

If you don’t know where you are in Dalla, this sign probably won’t help.Courtesy of Col. Percy Fawcett Dear Percy:…

March 15, 2021

Gulliford's Travels

A mosaic, not a melting pot: La Plata County and immigrants

Charles Naegelin, right, was born in Missouri in 1852 to German immigrant parents. He spoke with a strong German accent…

What's up in Durango Skies

Catalogs can guide your exploration of deep sky objects

It has been several years since I looked up a phone number in a printed book. But a generation ago,…

Guest Columns

Don Coram: You can’t pick and choose from the law

I marvel that people often talk about the Constitution without the understanding that it is a complete document. You do…

Creating Community

Time to change the narrative

Newmandu1-i-syn These murders do not just happen. These murders are but one manifestation of the systematic devaluing and dehumanization of…

Time, technology change communication

Examples: She’ll cut off a conversation to answer another nonemergency call. She frantically texts that she needs to talk right…

Mother longs to reunite her family

Because of past abuse from family and previous partners, I find it very hard to trust. I would love to…

Stewards of the Land

Summer programs will get young, old into the outdoors

Students assess benthic macroinvertebrates – or little bugs from the bottom of a stream – as a part of stream…

From the Extension Office

The chef and dietitian: Make the best of both worlds

From the beginning of our relationship, which just so happened to start while working in a bar, Sean and I…

Downtown Lowdown

Astro Zombies pay tribute to The Misfits

Henry Rollins of Black Flag wrote in detail about his love of this band in his tour narrative “Get In…

Strength in Well-being

Hijacking the brain’s reward mechanism

The very efficient brain, which is always working hard on your behalf to recognize and recall behaviors as pleasurable or…

March 10, 2021