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Sue Dorsey: Colorado’s overlooked small businesses still have time to grab a lifeline

We heard panic from our community lending partners almost immediately as the COVID-19 pandemic began forcing closures. The smallest local businesses were falling through the crack...

DATE: Jul 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Serious illness in children linked to coronavirus infection

The novel coronavirus, known as SARS-CoV-2, which is responsible for COVID-19 disease, causes a broad range of health effects. Because of the newness of the virus and the disease...

DATE: Jul 26, 2020 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Global tourism impacts and creating the new normal

Last week, Visit Durango attended the Destinations International 2020 Annual Conference, the world’s largest conference for destination organizations and tourism boards. The mult...

DATE: Jul 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

How to do your laundry while traveling

“Recycle” is a word experienced travelers never want to hear, and it isn’t because they hate the environment. Recycling means that you’re out of clean clothes while you’re on the...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Your dog knows a lot of words, but does it know ‘yes’?

By Marcy Eckhardt La Plata County Humane Society Most attentive owners have taught their dogs basic words: “sit,” “down,” “touch,” “look,” “leave it,” “drop it,” “with ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Girlfriend tired of being ignored

Dear Abby: I live with my significant other. We have been together for 13 years now. I would like to ask his stepmother why she refuses to acknowledge me. She sends holiday cards address...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Bret Stephens: American crime and the crazy Baltimore model

In 2014, there were 211 homicides in the city of Baltimore. The next year, there were 342, an astonishing increase of 62%. The murder rate has barely budged since. What happened? ...

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Saxophonist Bob Hemenger lets music dictate the plan

It’s like fitting the square block into the round hole. A saxophone isn’t a bluegrass instrument by any means, but Pagosa Springs-based saxophone player Bob Hemenger has played his with many...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Man’s indecision threatens marriage

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband for 29 years, 25 of them married. We have had good times and bad, like most couples, but over the last four years, things have changed. We came to ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Michelle Goldberg: Trump’s occupation of American cities has begun

The month after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Yale historian Timothy Snyder published the best-selling book “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons From the Twentieth Century.” It was part of...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Don’t sell short the healing power of healthful food

Are you ignoring what your body is trying to tell you? The people I see in my nutrition practice experience a wide range of undesirable symptoms that prevent them from enjoying t...

DATE: Jul 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

‘Sweet Baby’ makes woman cringe

Dear Abby: My boyfriend and I are middle-aged. We have been together for 2½ years. I love him, and I’m grateful for such a wonderful man at this point in my life. My problem is, he calls...

DATE: Jul 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

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.