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Love local? The Be Local Bash is for you

This June, the Local First Foundation will celebrate everything local at its Be Local Bash, bringing together independent businesses, nonprofits, community leaders and residents who help mak...

Building a rural health care workforce, one pathway at a time

When Axis Health System approached the La Plata Economic Development Alliance about the Opportunity NOW grant Axis received to create Healthcare Workforce Pathways, it was because of the All...

Building an affordable future: How La Plata County is addressing housing costs

With rising prices at the grocery store and the gas station, the term “affordability” seems to be everywhere. But for many in our community, affordability isn’t just a buzzword – it’s a dail...

Colorado lawmakers keep dodging debate over public stream access rights

It’s perplexing that preserving legal public stream access remains one of the most untouchable topics in the Colorado legislature. Our state’s constitution boldly proclaims that every natura...

Man won’t leave neighbor alone

DEAR ABBY: I have a next-door neighbor who is retired and takes care of his wife, who has dementia. He’s a nice enough person, but he has no personal boundaries. He is intrusive and knocks o...

Tico Time festival features Old Crow Medicine Show

It’s a band that has had well over a dozen members. Some have been around since the beginning while others have joined the band, kicked around for a few years and split, only to come back. I...

When putting together evacuation plan, don’t forget your pets

Fire season is upon us, which means we all need to plan ahead and prepare. When reviewing your family’s evacuation plans this year, make sure your pets are included. In an emergency, a littl...

Disability misinformation in social media

A recent study showed that social media isn’t the best place to get information about mental health and neurodiversity. That probably doesn’t surprise you. But thanks to the Journal of Socia...

The gut health upgrade that isn’t more fiber

You have probably heard that eating more fiber is good for your gut. And it is. Fiber feeds the beneficial bacteria in your digestive tract and supports regular digestion, blood sugar balanc...

Stepdad pushing teen along wrong path

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have recently found out that our 14-year-old granddaughter, a freshman in high school, is being encouraged to drink, or more accurately, “chug,” beer out of cans ...

Around the moon once more, still cheesy after all these years

So, we’ve gone around the moon. That’s nice. Sorry to be less than enthusiastic, but we had six crewed landings on it between 1969 and 1972. Are we supposed to now consider this latest flyby...

Siblings endured horrors at home

DEAR ABBY: I’m the youngest of a family of three boys and two girls. The only person I had any connection with growing up was my sister “Sara.” We were both treated the same way by our mothe...