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Learn how to age gracefully by watching your dog

By Al Winzerling Senior dogs don’t seem to whine, complain or tell us about their aches and pains, so it’s helpful to know what signs to watch for. Here are some of th...

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Video games threaten relationship

DEAR ABBY: I am tired of taking a backseat to my boyfriend’s video game addiction. He comes home from work, sits on the couch and gets lost in his video games. It has gotten to the point...

DATE: Jul 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Widow struggles to start dating

DEAR ABBY: I was widowed seven years ago. When my husband died, I thought it was the end of my suffering. It had been a mentally and physically abusive marriage for 30 years. We were com...

DATE: Jul 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Littwin: Trump chooses Putin over country in Helsinki

For those keeping score at home, Donald Trump hit an all-time low in his post-summit news conference from Helsinki with his friend Vladimir Putin. This is not an overstatement. Th...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

Brooks: The murder-suicide of the West

When C.S. Lewis was a boy, his mother died. “With my mother’s death,” he wrote, “all settled happiness, all that was tranquil and reliable, disappeared from my life. There was to be much fun...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Grandson asks about dating

DEAR ABBY: I have guardianship of my 12-year-old grandson. He has recently fallen head over heels for a girl in his class and wants to date her. I am out of touch with the younger genera...

DATE: Jul 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Goldberg: Trump shows the world he is Putin’s lackey

No matter how low your expectations for the summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin on Monday, it was hard not to be staggered by the American president’s toady, slavish performance. ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Kristof: We may be able to get this man off death row

The horror began with a nighttime home invasion and the stabbings of a white family, and was compounded when sheriff’s deputies arrested and framed a black man for murder. That’s ...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Family dismisses special diet

DEAR ABBY: I am a diagnosed narcoleptic. Medication helps with the symptoms, but not entirely. I looked into alternative options and found a fantastic diet. I recently went on it with am...

DATE: Jul 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Mysterious trailer pops up on the radar screen

My husband and I saw this trailer on Missionary Ridge the other day. It’s by the transmission towers at the west end overlooking Durango. What is it and what’s it doing up there? – Michelle ...

DATE: Jul 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Share the harvest in this bumper-crop year for fruit trees

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggestions for your...

DATE: Jul 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

Friends turn their backs on girl

DEAR ABBY: My daughter has graduated from high school. She had been in a residential treatment program for depression the year and a half prior to returning to this school. Her old frien...

DATE: Jul 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

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