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DATE: Mar 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Who’s driving the train, restructuring boards?

Sixteen former mayors of Durango are concerned about the proposed reorganization and restructuring of Durango’s boards and commissions. How each board or commission is continued, changed or ...

DATE: Mar 10, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Bach Festival, 16 and counting

Starting Sunday and all next week, Third Avenue Arts will celebrate the 338th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach. It’s the 16th annual collection of recitals and concerts organized by Four Co...

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Gym relationship hard to quit

DEAR ABBY: I am a healthy, single, 76-year-old man. I spend lots of time at a local gym. I met a woman there two years ago, and we went out for coffee. She’s a few years younger than I am. S...

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Durango hosts Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Reverend Peyton will go anywhere. The country blues guitar player who leads The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band is one of those musicians more comfortable when asphalt is rolling by under th...

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Chronicle of abandoned oil and gas well - one of millions

Even from a distance it’s clear that an oil and gas well called “State Senate #2” in New Mexico has seen better days. The pumpjack sits idle, tumbleweeds surround the once-moving parts, and ...

DATE: Mar 9, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Grandmother feels unwelcome during visits

DEAR ABBY: When I visit my three grandchildren on Fridays, my daughter-in-law never offers me any refreshment – not even a glass of water or a cup of tea. She will eat in front of me and not...

DATE: Mar 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Marriage on brink from lies, sexting

DEAR ABBY: I found out today that my wife was sexting with a man in another state. His girlfriend sent me a message, which included a series of screenshots. I had confronted my wife regardin...

DATE: Mar 7, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Colorado conflicted about cutting its water use

In Colorado, farmers had to enroll in a four-state program by March 1, if they want to get paid for fallowing their fields, perhaps the best option to plump up the Colorado River’s giant res...

DATE: Mar 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

A dressing down for yoga pants wearers?

Dear Action Line: In the spring of 1993, the city of Durango was awarded a dubious honor, “The worst dressed city in America.” During the past 30 years, Durango residents have worked har...

DATE: Mar 6, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

‘Look at everything from many different points of perspectives’

I was born and raised here in Durango. My family has lived in the Durango area for several generations. I’ve had a long history here from the time I was just a kid. In the early ’80s, I was ...

DATE: Mar 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Saving grace may well be contagious effect of kindness’

How do we measure the impact of another’s kindness on the world? That is the question I found myself asking on Feb. 9, as I sat beside my paternal grandmother, Dorothy Bess Waddell. Later th...

DATE: Mar 5, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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.