Columnists

How to make the rest of this school year worthwhile? Skip it.

du1-i-syn The summer after I finished fourth, my family moved to Vienna. When my parents called to enroll me in…

February 11, 2021

Your thyroid and your weight loss

In addition to weight gain and stalled weight loss, low thyroid hormone levels, known as hypothyroidism, can cause you to…

February 10, 2021

Dear Abby

Cameras don’t sit well with sitter

Do I ask them to turn off the cameras, or stop babysitting? I can’t be the only person who is…

February 9, 2021

Guest Columns

Lizzie Kost: Welcome to Durango’s Professional Porch Sitters Union, Chapter 42

du1-i-syn Andrew Jackson Downing was the founder of post-Revolutionary War landscape architecture. Downing believed in “the front porch as a…

February 8, 2021

Action Line

Unsolved mysteries: Durango’s stealth artists

The metal cyclists inside the roundabout on Florida Road have been decorated for holidays, events and special occasions. The identity…

February 8, 2021

From the Extension Office

Get a jump on your garden: Start your seeds indoors

Or, better yet, go visit your local nurseries, see what they have in terms of variety selection and fill in…

February 7, 2021

Authentic Aging

End-of-life issues challenging despite the law

He was an older man, riddled with illness, a perfect candidate for this decision. The law, passed in Colorado in…

February 6, 2021

The Tourism Effect

Maximize your Durango staycation this February

With a lower number of visitors in town, affordable rates for staycation activities and plentiful powder, February is the perfect…

February 6, 2021

Creating Community

The complex endeavor of COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Nindedu1-i-syn Most importantly, the vaccine will save lives and reduce transmission of the virus once the vaccine is widely distributed.…

February 5, 2021

Guest Columns

Water Managers: For-profit investors should stay out of our water

The Colorado River is arguably the single most important natural resource to the State of Colorado. It powers economies on…

February 5, 2021

Guest Columns

Gary Skiba: Wolf restoration should begin sooner, not later

The last known wild wolf in Colorado was killed in 1945. Wolf advocates have been working toward wolf restoration since…

February 5, 2021

Dear Abby

Couple splits after missed chances

Our issues could have been fixed, but we were too prideful. Now, I’m starting to have regrets – what have…

February 5, 2021

Guest Columns

India Sylvester: We must acknowledge Black people’s specific contributions to society

We, as a country, can and must do better. We, as individuals, can and must do better. And we, as…

February 5, 2021

Downtown Lowdown

When classic country music calls

But don’t let anyone tell you there’s no good country music being made because for every new-country artist like Florida…

February 5, 2021

Healing Nutrition

What’s better, a cupcake or a gluten-free cupcake?

Maybe you are curious to know if it will help you feel better. Gluten is probably the most vilified food…

February 3, 2021

Dear Abby

New mom not in the mood for love

My husband refuses to understand how exhausted I am, and his constantly asking for sex makes me want it even…

February 2, 2021

Guest Columns

Letter: Claims of constitutional rights are often wrong

However, “free speech” doesn’t mean one can yell “fire” in a crowded theater; nor does free speech entitle one to…

February 2, 2021

Action Line

All out of whack with Snowdown’s absence

Without Snowdown to remind you to take down your Christmas lights this year, Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7, might be…

February 1, 2021

From the Chamber

Elections are a chance to let your voice be heard

It’s a cliché and probably redundant for me to say this, but now more than ever we need to know…

January 30, 2021

Guest Columns

Rep. Barbara McLachlan

The challenges we face are great: the COVID-19 pandemic still rages on, countless small businesses are struggling to keep their…

January 29, 2021

Downtown Lowdown

Rootsy fiddle player Rachel Baiman joins in Sidecar online series

If there is one benefit to the virtual concert series, it’s that bills aren’t dictated by musician location or who…

January 28, 2021

Guest Columns

Hilary Cooper: Congress must protect Colorado’s outdoors from depredations of oil and gas

du1-i-syn Our government is entrusted with our nation’s public lands, one of the greatest American treasures. These lands must be…

January 28, 2021

Nourishing Morsels

Staying wet when it’s dry

When we start talking about the way the body works, it makes a lot of sense that the dryness is…

January 27, 2021

Action Line

Is Durango’s restaurant ‘title’ in jeopardy?

Dear Scott: This boast always seemed a little bit hokey to Action Line, but it’s absolutely true that Durango has…

January 25, 2021