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From refined sugar to natural options

To be successful in reducing your sugar intake, it’s crucial to substitute it with healthier alternatives. This not only helps to reduce your cravings for sugar but also aids in resetting yo...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Following the Colorado River: London Bridge to the Dry Delta

After the Civil War steamboats huffed and puffed up the Colorado River from the Gulf of California to Yuma, Arizona where they docked to supply the U.S. Army with ordnance and supplies. At Y...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

How can we intervene when we see discrimination?

As a professional in the disabilities field and an advocate for inclusion and belonging, I tend to scroll for news related to disabilities. Sometimes, I discover happy news about businesses,...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

A sawyer’s perspective: I see more tree than faces

Dawn breaks. Squinting and rolling awake, I rise quickly. A coyote yowls, calling out to its pack, sounding like a rooster to my ears. The backcountry morning bites at me as I crawl out of m...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Throw in late summer mushrooms for a healthful meal

Mother Nature, if you’re listening, this article is a friendly reminder that our summer monsoons could use a little boost. August is a wonderful time of year to find mushrooms in nature, but...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Back away from complicated romance

DEAR ABBY: My son dated a girl for 3½ years in high school. Both were sure they had found their life mate. While my husband and I knew it was a long shot, they believed it was true because t...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Guests ruin joy of treasured items

DEAR ABBY: How do I deal with guests and friends who make unfortunate comments about personal belongings in my home? For example, I have a favorite print of a woman seated at a table. A frie...

DATE: Aug 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Apathy or outrage is truly your call

The state of college and professional sports is changing right in front of you

DATE: Aug 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

‘Oppenheimer’ and an eel man with an emu

J. Robert Oppenheimer’s creation led to the Duck and Cover era. We who grew up during the Cuban missile crisis and the Cold War had our own childhood worries. Thank goodness, we didn’t have ...

DATE: Aug 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

California Celts to play at Ska

Chris Poland has long and strong ties to Durango. He’s been playing in the area since the 1990s with his band Warsaw Poland Brothers, one of the many ska bands that started rolling through D...

DATE: Aug 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Rockets and satellites: Some cool, others not so much

Greetings, stargazers. Besides stars, planets, galaxies, and nebulae, there are lots of other interesting things to see in the Durango sky. I am particularly thinking of some of the human-ma...

DATE: Aug 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Communication key in relationship

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I are in our late 20s and have been together six years. He’s a great boyfriend, and I’m happy in every way except one. Since we moved in together a year and a hal...

DATE: Aug 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby