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Gut check: Foods to ditch for a healthier microbiome

The microbiome is a vast (trillions) culture of bacteria in your digestive system that all work together to maintain health. Your microbiome begins forming at birth and builds as you interac...

DATE: Apr 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Public House 701 is closed

Dear Action Line, Why did the Public House 701 restaurant suddenly close, “permanently” per its website? I enjoyed the friendly and tasty addition to downtown Durango’s dining ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Nervous Water, Sign Of Fish

Tactics for nervous waters can be used anywhere

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Prioritizing security and safety, Rep. Hurd visits the U.S.-Mexico border

I recently joined Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ) and eight other freshmen members of Congress on a delegation trip to the U.S.-Mexico border. The purpose of our trip was to gain firsthand insigh...

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Politics, health care and religion have gotten mixed up to the detriment of women

Elon Musk has said, ” … population collapse due to low birth rates is a much bigger risk to civilization than global warming.” Musk is doing his part to prevent collapse – he's fathered 14 c...

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Man compares wife’s attractiveness

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my husband for 19 years, and we have established a loving, stable relationship despite some very tumultuous times. I have always known he finds me attractive, and h...

DATE: Apr 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Public lands shape our humanity, shared destiny and are not for sale

Amid Colorado’s complex history, a unifying thread emerges: a deep, abiding love and reverence for our public lands. Whether it’s the rancher tending his cattle, Native communities practicin...

DATE: Apr 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Reauthorization of act will allow libraries to continue to serve communities

Vartan Gregorian wrote, “Libraries are the critical component in the free exchange of information, which lies at the heart of our democracy. (Libraries) hold our nation’s heritage, the herit...

DATE: Apr 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

It starts with public health: Your health is our mission

National Public Health Week, April 7 to 13, serves as a reminder that our well-being as individuals is tied to the health of the entire community. Public health is about prioritizing health ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Durango Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival takes stage

Danny Coots and Adam Swanson became friends over a shared love of ragtime and early jazz music, that friendship coming decades after ragtime and early jazz were “new” styles of music. Coots ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Elders doing what we can during this unsettled time

I’ve recently been to a couple of Indivisible meetings and some protest marches downtown in reaction to what’s going on in Washington, D.C. There are so many elders at these happenings. At f...

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

I didn’t expect placing my husband in memory care would improve both of our lives

A few years ago, I wrote a poem, “I didn’t know,” (Herald, Nov. 13, 2022) that resonated with many. It was about the painful journey of finding a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s for my husband. Lif...

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.