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4-H invites community to Mental Health Mardi Gras

La Plata County 4-H’s CODY project would like to invite the community to a Mental Health Mardi Gras. This special event will take place at 6 p.m. May 2 in the Exhibit Hall at the La Plata Co...

DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Brooks: The blindness of social wealth

Bob Hall was a rancher. In 1936, in the midst of the Depression, he was suffering from a cancer that was eating the flesh on the side of his face. His ranch had dwindled to nearly nothing, a...

DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Schlichtman: Colorado Journalism Week honors the people behind the bylines

To anyone who follows the news, it would appear the industry itself is under attack. Whether claims of “fake news” leveled by the President or cuts to already lean newsrooms, newspapers and ...

DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Fiancée discovers opiate addiction

DEAR ABBY: My divorced 38-year-old brother is addicted to opiates. My wealthy, enabling mother constantly bails him out financially. My brother is engaged to a very kind woman – a mother...

DATE: Apr 19, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

At the U.N., shame in the U.S.

The whole world was there! Well, maybe not the whole world numerically, and maybe not the whole world even representationally, but it felt like the whole world was there. Last month, I had ...

DATE: Apr 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thoughts Along The Way

Waldman and Sennott: The crisis in journalism has become a crisis of democracy

By Steven Waldman and Charles Sennott Shortly after starting as a newspaper reporter in the coal-fields region of eastern Kentucky, Will Wright wrote an alarming article about how...

DATE: Apr 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Are certain foods making you feel bad?

If you’ve suddenly found that you can’t eat certain foods you used to love, then you aren’t alone. You may be dealing with a food intolerance. It’s important to understand that a...

DATE: Apr 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Accident does number on marriage

DEAR ABBY: Six years ago, my husband of 20 years was in a serious accident. He was placed on disability because of it. Because of the accident, he can’t perform sexually because his “goo...

DATE: Apr 18, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kristof: The nation will pay if Trump fires Mueller

President Donald Trump resembles a Geiger counter: When he emits increasing howls, he is signaling that we’re approaching some radioactive or explosive truth. Trump is said to be ...

DATE: Apr 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Harrop: Facebook clearly won’t fix itself

Mark Zuckerberg in 2006: “We really messed this one up. ... We did a bad job of explaining what the new features were and an even worse job of giving you control of them.” Zuckerb...

DATE: Apr 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Mom uses wedding as spotlight

BRIDE ACCUSES MOM OF USING WEDDING TO SPOTLIGHT HERSELF DEAR ABBY: Once I announced my engagement, my already thin, fit mother went on a diet and lost 20 pounds. My weight has alway...

DATE: Apr 17, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Local waters roiled by scallywags and weeds

When Lake Nighthorse made its debut, the city emphatically said that motorized boats would not be allowed until May. Yet the photo commemorating Opening Day showed this boat clearly cruising...

DATE: Apr 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

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