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Bring the USS Pueblo back home

On Jan. 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo and its crew were attacked by the North Korean military while peacefully sailing in international waters. The crew of the ship valiantly tried to resist capt...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Don’t let ideology smother a brilliant American birthright

A handful of our representatives in Congress are quietly preparing a multibillion-dollar rip-off of American families. Count yourself among the cheated if you value kids’ sports, ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Good Sam’s time is now

Legislation would allow qualified groups to take on mine cleanup projects in Colorado and across the country

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Schultz: Let’s not confuse civility with surrender

Before I sat down to write this column about what it means to be civil in today’s political climate, I took my dog for a walk through our neighborhood. We live in the largest deve...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Connie Schultz

Add it up: Durango train crucial to city

What a month it has been since my last column. While the full impacts of the 416 Fire will not be known for some time, it feels like we dodged a bullet and things are slowly returning back t...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Don’t get sick at your next summer picnic

It’s one of the most unpleasant feelings you can imagine – getting a stomach bug. Yet gastroenteritis is quite common and, more importantly, highly preventable. At a time of year...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Sisters seek escape from sex trade

DEAR ABBY: I’m 19 and my sister is 16. We have been working as prostitutes here in our state and in several nearby states. We know we need help, but we are afraid to ask for it. Hotlines...

DATE: Jun 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

When trees are rich with fruit, thinning can improve the harvest

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: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

WIC program increasing access to healthy foods in community

For more than 16 years, San Juan Basin Public Health has housed the local Women, Infants, and Children program with services available in Durango, Pagosa Springs and Ignacio. WIC...

DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Uncle against breast enhancement

DEAR ABBY: My wife’s niece, a high school senior, is a beautiful girl with an excellent, well-proportioned figure. Like many girls her age, she’s narcissistic and obsessed with her looks...

DATE: Jun 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Milbank: Roberts Court validates religious discrimination

WASHINGTON — On the penultimate page of their 39-page majority ruling in the Trump travel-ban case Tuesday, the Supreme Court’s conservative justices overturned a 74-year-old decision they w...

DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Willpower ... for emergency use only

Are you relying on discipline to eat healthy and become your best self? If so, keep reading to learn a few important things you need to know about willpower. This might sound fami...

DATE: Jun 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

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