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Trouble losing weight? Maybe it’s stress

For years, research has revealed that stress significantly impacts our bodies and our health; from a metabolic standpoint stress impacts our body’s ability to achieve peak health. For examp...

Couple wrestles with communication issues

DEAR ABBY: I love my wife very much, but we are, unfortunately, having a communication/interpretation issue. She is inquisitive and asks a lot of questions. I become defensive when I’m ...

Coming soon? The Holiday Inn spur trail

Dear Action Line: Why is the river path/easement behind Natural Grocers still closed? It was my understanding that the improvements were a condition of building the hotel. Yet, the hotel...

Our evolving environmental baseline

The phrase “new normal” is tossed around frequently to describe our changing environment and climate. It highlights what we each consider our baseline understanding of the world around us, ...

Video content: A small business’ best friend

Over the past 18 months, the Visit Durango team has been intrigued and excited by a quickly expanding trend: Short video content outperforms still photography and text-based content time and...

The value in foster field trips

I recently completed an online course with Maddie’s Fund, a national nonprofit that provides resources to animal welfare organizations. Through this course, I learned a great deal about the ...

Advice to leads to falling-out

DEAR ABBY: I have been in my second marriage for almost 20 years. My wife came with two grown children, who each have two kids. I have tried to be the best family man I could, and a fath...

Local musician kicks off solo career

Sometimes you have to start over. Or as Joshua Polaris, aka Josh Hoffman, says, hit the reset button. It’s what the local musician is doing as he kicks off a solo career after spending the ...

La Plata County 4-H members earn awards at Colorado State Fair

Our 4-H year wraps up at the end of September, which means we get to reflect on the year we had and plan for next year. In August, we held our La Plata County Fair. It was a wonderful week –...

Belly fat: What you don’t see in the mirror

Millions of Americans struggle to prevent or lose accumulated belly fat. Many times, the No. 1 focus is our appearance. However, belly fat is also terrible for your health. There are two ty...

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Pandemic leaves social skills rusty

DEAR ABBY: I am a guy who is 27. I have always been somewhat shy and reserved, but I do like people and I like mixing. After more than a year of being “locked down” during the COVID-19 p...