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Kristof: Choosing animals over people

BAYANGA, Central African Republic — The cutest primates on earth may be Inguka and Inganda, gorilla toddler twins who playfully tumble over each other here in the vast Dzanga Sangha rain for...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Samuelson: Children versus grandparents

WASHINGTON – To those paying attention, the recent strikes for higher teachers’ pay in West Virginia and Oklahoma are a harbinger of things to come. You can attribute the strikes to the stin...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Robert Samuelson

Tingey: Reauthorize the lottery, continue funding our way of life

Colorado’s public lands have enormous influence on our state’s culture and economy, and the state’s place of adventure is also why I’m proud the business my husband and I own, Alpacka Raft, ...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Couple splits after acting class

DEAR ABBY: When I was 70, I started taking drama classes twice a week (I still do). My wife was against it and insisted that because none of our friends or relatives were doing it, neith...

DATE: Apr 10, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A broken system forces forensic pathologist to resign

In December, Dr. Bennet Omalu, the forensic pathologist who first described concussion-related brain damage in professional football players, resigned his position as forensic pathologist fo...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

County sets it straight with leaning flagpole

What’s with the listing flagpole at the La Plata County Administration Building at East Second Avenue and 11th Street? The flagpole has been that way since the building opened. Does it imply...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Harrop: Nature’s great bird migration under threat by you-know-who

You could call it the Nebraska bird eclipse. At the first dart of morning light, so many sandhill cranes take off from the banks along the Platte River they darken the sky. This primeval spe...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Each landscape presents its own demands to gardeners

A couple of weeks ago, I traveled across the Western Slope of Colorado, giving talks to multiple Master Gardener classes about backyard vegetable production. Same talk with 270 P...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Girl debates college location

DEAR ABBY: My daughter is graduating from high school and will be starting college. It was always her plan to go to a school away from our small town, and I supported that decision. However,...

DATE: Apr 9, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A ‘no’ from the travel industry is not always final

Connie Matlin wants to do the impossible: buy travel insurance for what she thinks is an uninsurable trip. “My family and I would like to travel to Europe this summer,” says Matl...

DATE: Apr 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Teacher dreads taking road trip

DEAR ABBY: I’m the youngest of four sisters. The oldest sister is the only one who has children – three girls younger than 12. I’m a high school teacher who works about 60 hours a week durin...

DATE: Apr 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Spring cleaning or death cleaning?

It’s not spring cleaning anymore. Now it’s death cleaning. A new book, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter, ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2018 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

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