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Confession rocks relationship

Dear Abby: My boyfriend of four years recently admitted that he cheated on me six months ago. I was blindsided. Until the day he told me, I thought we shared everything. The hollowness a...

DATE: Aug 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man’s affair reaches moment of truth

Dear Abby: Last night, I visited my 47-year-old son. After a 23-year marriage, he is going through a nasty divorce. While I was there, he asked my opinion about what he should do regardi...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Crockett making it up as he goes

Charley Crockett has packed a lot in to what is still a young music career. The Texan has been a busker, playing for change in cities both in the states and abroad. He’s hoboed a...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Tom Stritikus: Opening FLC has everything to do with values

Recently, a parent of an incoming first-year student asked me, “So, why is Fort Lewis College opening?” We never closed, I thought. While we operated virtually through the early m...

DATE: Aug 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Fad diets: Let’s talk about paleo

What’s a fad diet? Are they good or bad? Could you tweak them to make them work for you? First let’s talk about the global $192 billion dollar weight-loss industry that not just ...

DATE: Aug 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Wife looks for words to heal husband

Dear Abby: My husband’s mother recently told him he no longer matters to her because he is an atheist. His mother is supposedly a Christian, but she rarely acts like one. It has left my ...

DATE: Aug 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

404 Error: County roads not found

Dear Action Line: Why are there no county roads in the 400s in La Plata County? They skipped right over them and went right to 500! – Jumbled Dear Jumbled: The 400s were not forgo...

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Trees can diversify a large lawn and cool the landscape

I never really considered myself a “lawn guy.” Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy lying down under the shade of a tree on soft grass or seeing the outfield of the baseball field bright g...

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Ross Douthat: The ghost of contraception pioneer Margaret Sanger

Recently, Planned Parenthood of Greater New York announced that it would remove Margaret Sanger’s name from its Manhattan Health Center. The grounds were Sanger’s eugenic ideas and alliances...

DATE: Aug 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

As summer ends, let’s get back to school

Do you remember how, as kids, we dreaded August coming around because that meant we soon had to go back to school? Isn’t it funny how several months can change our perspectives? B...

DATE: Aug 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Defense spending bill may provide path to land conservation

As Congress nears the finish line this year, the fate of conservation legislation dealing with a million acres in Colorado is left hanging. The House of Representatives has now t...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Program increases access to health care for local children

One of the fundamental visions of San Juan Basin Public Health is to ensure that health care services are equitable throughout the communities we serve. One way the agency addresses this is ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

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.