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Tough market for puppies, Rolexes since pandemic

What's a better bet? A puppy or a Patek Philippe watch? With central bankers still trying to wrestle with inflation, there is one category where prices have been plummeting – pets. Demand fo...

Tight downtown squeeze? Try holding your breath

Dear Action Line: What is the deal with the impasse that occurs when a pickup truck or Sprinter van (with bike racks, it’s even worse) parks on either side of 11th Street, between Main a...

Mother-in-law makes herself at home

DEAR ABBY: How do I get my mother-in-law to stop dropping by without calling first? My husband and I have been married for 26 years. Both of us have asked her nicely over the years to please...

First Durango Art Week kicks off Sept. 15

Visit Durango is calling all La Plata County artists, curators, galleries, businesses, nonprofits and anyone in the art field to participate in the first Durango Arts Week. The weeklong cel...

‘Reducing trees by logging won’t preclude wildfire spread’

The Lahaina fire on the Hawaiian island of Maui offers some insights into why the current U.S. Forest Service policy of focusing on fuel reduction is misguided. The wildfire began in grassla...

Man’s lack of concern worries spouse

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are in our 30s. I love him, and I’m worried because he has a “laissez-faire” attitude about everything – especially his health. He has had high cholesterol for fi...

Safe, appropriate use of antibiotics a priority

Without question, one of the greatest advances in medicine in the last century has been the introduction of antibiotics. In fact, it is reasonable to say that we currently live in the “antib...

Nashville Songs & Stories: Songwriters take the stage

Songwriting is hard. Songwriting can also be profitable. However, not everyone who sits down to write a song is good at it, and even if you are good at it, that doesn’t mean you are going to...

Man’s risqué questions irk wife

DEAR ABBY: My husband has, for years, felt the need to talk filthy and ask sexual questions of other women. It bothers me something terrible. He’s upset that I ruin his “fun,” and insists he...

Need conservative voices at climate solution table

Discussion about climate change from conservative voices has been all over the map. On one edge of the conversation, we have former President Donald Trump saying: “I think global warming is...

Thieves cross line with ‘Colorful Colorado’ heist

Dear Action Line: I risked it all and drove down state Highway 140 to Farmington this weekend, and noticed that our “Colorful Colorado” sign at the border was missing. Only the post rema...

Sad lawsuit of ‘The Blind Side’ NFL player Michael Oher

There’s something ineffably sad about the petition filed by former NFL star Michael Oher against Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy. The story of how the white family took the Black teenager into the...