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Family member’s insects bug relative

DEAR ABBY: One of my family members is a loner. I’m the closest relative to them. They invite my children and me over for holiday dinners, but the house is dirty with roaches galore. The bug...

DATE: Oct 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A Gold Rush tale grounded in fact

Durango author Eilene Lyon’s new book, “Fortune’s Frenzy: A California Gold Rush Odyssey,” examines the California Gold Rush from the perspective of a struggling Indiana farm family. On the ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

iAM MUSIC building community

A music community builds community. That built community comes via the social contribution from its members; you’ve got a band that sits down and writes songs, ultimately playing out. Peopl...

DATE: Oct 4, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Mindfulness, leadership and community excellence

In September, we hosted a Coffee and Connections event with Fort Lewis College professor Amoneeta Beckstein. The presentation and discussion focused on maximizing leadership potential throug...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Go for the gold

The weather is turning, inviting us to slow down a bit more and savor the moment – the way the light hits the trees, the hint of autumn on the breeze, the days that are officially shorter th...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Nourishing Morsels

Long-distance couple craves spark

DEAR ABBY: My fiance and I are engaged to be married soon, but we live (and will continue to live) in separate cities. We are in our mid-50s with children, and it’s the second marriage for e...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Family left reeling when dad fired

DEAR ABBY: My dad is the breadwinner in our family. A few years ago, he got fired for looking at “inappropriate” material at work. When he told us what happened, he described it as a raunchy...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Tropidelic Reggae in Durango.

Tropidelic are road hogs. They also roll at a workaholic pace, which for any working band means write, record, tour, repeat. It’s a solid formula that works for the Cleveland-based band that...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

When it comes to green chiles, can you take the heat?

Forgive me if I’ve said this before, but my dad likes to eat green chile that burns your face off. Or maybe that’s just how I like to remember the story. Or maybe he still like his chile hot...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

So many deaths, so little time left

It’s daunting. So many people I know and care about are dying, it seems like all of a sudden. People I am close to, my contemporaries, my friends. A woman I had dinner with just last month. ...

DATE: Oct 3, 2023 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

History in clearer view for sharper focus on future

This fall, Fort Lewis College opened our campus to 3,425 students, more than 39% of whom are members of federally recognized Tribal Nations. During first-year orientation for students and fa...

DATE: Oct 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Hard to imagine trial of greater public importance’ than Trump’s

Yale law professor, legal scholar, and novelist, Stephen L. Carter (“Televising Trump’s Trials Is a Mistake,) argues in Bloomberg and The Washington Post that the criminal trial of former pr...

DATE: Oct 1, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion