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Son’s wife prefers company of phone

DEAR ABBY: When my son got married in 2003, we had many good times with him and his wife. Things have changed now that we have cellphones. It’s nearly impossible to have a relationship with ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Sandbox values, ‘treat others how you’d like to be treated,’ all year

I’m not a praying man or much of a churchgoer, to begin with. Still, I love Christmas. Not all the commercial stuff attached to it. That’s nothing more than what a barnacle is to a boat, not...

DATE: Dec 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The all-too-popular middle turn lane takes center stage

Dear Action Line: It is quite common on north Main for a car turning left out of a business to use the middle turn lane as a merge lane or a place to stop and wait for a traffic opening....

DATE: Dec 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Pollution and air quality regulations should be standardized

As anyone who loves in or has visited Southwest Colorado knows, it’s truly a special place. This region holds deep significance to the Indigenous tribes who have lived here for generations, ...

DATE: Dec 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The night before Cowboy Christmas

’Twas the night before Christmas here on the farm, not a creature as stirring out in the barn. The boots were placed by the back door with care at the hopes of not hearing mama holler, “No m...

DATE: Dec 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Hermosa Watershed Protection

December marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act and the Hermosa Creek Wilderness. Congress passed legislation at the end of 2014 that p...

DATE: Dec 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

What Westerners cared about in 2024

Writers on the Range, an independent opinion service based in western Colorado, sent out close to 50 weekly opinion columns this year. They were provided free of charge to about 150 subscrib...

DATE: Dec 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Community collaboration essential for the Clean Energy Transition

Colorado currently ranks 12th in the nation for total installed solar capacity and seventh for solar jobs. The value of the statewide solar market is $8.1 billion and existing installed capa...

DATE: Dec 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

‘Community cats’ can use a little help in winter

Cats are incredibly hardy and resilient animals and many of them manage to survive and thrive on their own. During the winter months, our community becomes a tougher place for felines who li...

DATE: Dec 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Colorado doctor finds hobby in photographing snowflakes

Each flake that tumbles from the sky this time of year is a one-of-a-kind

DATE: Dec 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Records of 2024: Part 2

Please allow me to repeat myself, as I’ve said this before: If you are one of those people who claims no good music has been made since (insert year of your liking here) then you just aren’t...

DATE: Dec 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Exes check in to new phase of uncertainty

DEAR ABBY: I was with my ex-fiance for 13 years. Not long after he broke up with me, I found myself going to meet him at a hotel. We have been seeing each other regularly, once a week at lea...

DATE: Dec 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby