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DAC prepares for 10-minute play festival

Staged readings of short, original plays will again constitute one of the most popular events in Durango on May 18. Area actors and directors will mount the first iteration of our own 10-min...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Rankin: Colorado’s charter schools outperformed all public schools nationally

Have you wondered how students, in Colorado, compare academically to students in other states? There is a nationally recognized test given every other year to fourth and eighth graders that ...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Joyce Rankin

Kuster: Returning power to the people with LPEA’s Tri-State contract

The restrictive contract with the the electric utility company Tri-State Generation and Transmission that requires La Plata Electric Association to buy 95 percent of its energy from Tri-Stat...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Nutrient-dense asparagus can be prepared in many ways

Oh yes, spring is my favorite season. Calves, lambs, fawns appearing across the fields and, best of all, the asparagus! It starts appearing mid-April and ends in June. As one of the few pere...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Father concerned about breastfeeding

DEAR ABBY: Our daughter turns 5 soon, and my wife still breast-feeds her to bed every night and wakes her a few times a night for more breastfeeding. This has had negative consequences o...

DATE: May 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Leonhardt: Let’s hope Barnes & Noble can survive

Barnes & Noble is in trouble. You hear that, in worried tones, when you talk to people in the book business. You feel it when you walk into one of the chain’s stores, a cluttered...

DATE: May 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Leonhardt

Mom can’t handle same-sex relationship

DEAR ABBY: My daughter recently informed me that she has met someone and the someone happens to be a woman. My reaction was, of course, shock and anger, although I have kind of suspected...

DATE: May 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kristof: Our addiction to Trump

We in the commentariat complain about President Donald Trump, but we’re locked in a symbiotic relationship with him. News organizations, especially cable television channels, feed...

DATE: May 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

King: The positive contributions of immigrants in Colorado

With tax day fresh in our rearview mirror, it’s a good time to reflect on the contributions immigrants make to our economy. Nationally, immigrants earned $1.4 trillion in 2016 and contribute...

DATE: May 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Wife’s taste in art disregarded

DEAR ABBY: I’m a married woman in my 30s. My husband and I own a home, which I have decorated to our taste with the exception of “my” bathroom. My husband and I use separate bathrooms. M...

DATE: May 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Dry year creates challenging conditions for farmers, ranchers in Southwest Colorado

I write this as the rain is finally coming down in the valley, wet snow in the high country. In Durango, moisture in two of the last five days has been a rarity, albeit welcome. ...

DATE: May 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Harrop; Democrats need their own version of America First

“America First” would be a harmless phrase were it not loaded with dark undertones. It harks back to the America First Committee, a group advocating U.S. neutrality in World War II. Some mem...

DATE: May 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

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