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Memorial Day has come and gone, and the San Juan Mountains Association field crews are out in full force. The unofficial start of summer is upon us, and we have already seen an uptick in vis...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Group Shower driven by music

Band will play Saturday at Nordfest III

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

The escalating challenges of ranching in a hotter, drier Colorado

Jeff and Nicole Helmer have been ranching livestock in Southwest Colorado for 20 years. “Most every year is drier than the last,” they said. “Things that used to grow cannot compete with the...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Colleague’s mockery hits a nerve

DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, I found out my adult child is transgender. Nobody knows yet except for me, my husband and my other child. Until this year, I have always worked in a very caring,...

DATE: Jun 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

So, what’s bugging you this spring?

Most of us get very excited as the days get longer and the plants are greener, and spring is officially warming our hearts as well as our skin. But we all notice that with a warming to our h...

DATE: Jun 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Leveraging nutrition for better sleep

A lot of your daily life – what you accomplish, how you interact, how you react – is dependent on our energy and how we feel throughout the day. The food you eat and the quality of your slee...

DATE: Jun 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Why e-bike use in Durango is only half-charged

Dear Action Line, I’ve noticed that some trails in Durango allow e-bikes while others don’t. This is different from other places I’ve been. Can you explain why and where e-bikes are...

DATE: Jun 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and a Road Less Traveled

Driving north of Taos and Tres Piedras, New Mexico, and headed toward the Colorado line, I’d seen the sign for Rio Grande del Norte National Monument, but I’d never turned off. Now in July l...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Straight from the experts, Southwest Colorado’s most important projects and pressing issues

Now that the legislative session is over, my weeks have filled up with visits around the district and meetings with constituents. First, I want to give a huge thanks to the League of Women ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Rep. Hurd’s public lands’ words and actions are inconsistent, troubling, confusing and contradictory

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s recent op-ed, “Working for public lands that support real people, places and livelihoods” (Herald, Jun. 1), invites important discussion. As a La Plata County commissioner w...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Toddler draws relatives’ rebuke

DEAR ABBY: My husband’s stepmother passed recently after a long illness, and her children specifically wanted our family, including our 2-year-old, to be at her service. When we arrived at t...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Big? Definitely. But Colorado utilities see no beauty in the federal budget bill

Oh, wouldn’t I love to know what is going through the mind of Jeff Hurd right now. And Gabe Evans, too. These two U.S. representatives from Colorado, both of them Republicans, voted for the ...

DATE: Jun 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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