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Celebrating the holidays with toddlers? These simple tips help keep it safe

When you’re decorating, shopping for toys, and hosting friends and family, it’s easy to overlook the little things that keep young children safe. La Plata County Public Health encourages fa...

Season of gratitude: Investing in what makes us unique

As we transition from fall to winter, the holidays are upon us. It’s the perfect moment to reflect, not just on our own good fortune, but on our community systems that makes this a great pla...

Local jazz trio plays a Christmas classic

It’s a hip record. Forget the seasonal-only listening, as The Vince Guaraldi Trio’s soundtrack to Charles Schultz’s “Peanuts” classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas” is and forever will be great...

The holidays: Tyranny (and hope?) to the max!

Early November I’m pretty bummed about the world right now. The recent ICE abduction of the father and his two kids Oct. 27 feels like we’re in a police state. The climate is crashing with s...

Southwest rivers at a crossroads: Lessons from the Gila

There are few places left in the Southwest where a river still runs free. The Gila River, winding through deep canyons, cottonwood forests and the heart of the first designated wilderness in...

Unwelcome advances may threaten friendship

DEAR ABBY: I’m struggling with my integrity and an important friendship. My friend “Beth’s” husband, “Jerry,” came to my house to help with a construction project. After discussing the proje...

Where have the CDOT cameras on Highway 550 to Silverton gone?

Dear Action Line, Based on COTrip.org, CDOT has apparently removed its road cameras from Purgatory to Silverton that livestream video of road conditions. Instead, we have seven in t...

Horse Sense and Common Sense; Taking the Panic Out of the Pandemic

Be safe, educate yourself, come together as a community

Shop, eat and love local at Noel Night

Noel Night returns on Friday, inviting Durango to bundle up, stroll downtown and enjoy a beloved holiday tradition. Hosted by Local First and presented by First Southwest Bank, this townwide...

Epstein files are indicative of a bigger problem for President Trump

On the campaign trail, President Donald Trump indicated he would release Jeffrey Epstein’s “client list,” a promise to pull back the curtain on what many Americans perceive to be a shadowy c...

Community stepped up as government shut down, demonstrating care for one another

Thanksgiving’s warm glow of time spent with family and friends is just now fading, and we have officially entered the holiday season – a time that can be joyful, reflective, as well as isola...

Sparks fly when ex returns

DEAR ABBY: My son is 27. He has had some problems recently that were so serious I reached out to his father. His father and I were teenagers when we had him, so the last time we spoke was 18...