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How we decide where to aim our efforts

Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of a two-part series on tourism marketing strategies.Last month, I described, in percentages, where the Durango Area Tourism Office spent its marketing doll...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Tourism Effect

Looking at our responsibilities as we age

Shouldn’t our responsibilities lessen as we age? I’m thinking we did our careers, we did our families, now we can relax. Well, that doesn’t seem to be the reality many of us are experiencin...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Littwin: Hancock needs to learn where inappropriate ends and sexual harassment begins

So, now it’s the mayor. The #MeToo movement has made the short — if somewhat bumpy— journey from the state Capitol to City Hall, where Mayor Michael Hancock admits to having sent what he cal...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

Couple seeks support for friends

DEAR ABBY: Occasionally, married friends will come to my husband or me to vent about marital problems. We have been through a few rough patches during our 12 years of marriage, and durin...

DATE: Mar 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Gardner: Civil rights commission isn’t exempt from legislative oversight

In recent weeks, much misinformation and political hyperbole has been spread about a “Republican plot” to defund the Colorado Civil Rights Division and the Civil Rights Commission. ...

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Bruni: Am I going blind?

They say that death comes like a thief in the night. Lesser vandals have the same M.O. The affliction that stole my vision, or at least a big chunk of it, did so as I slept. I went to bed se...

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Wife can’t stand husband’s friend

DEAR ABBY: My husband loaned a “dear friend” some money a year ago. She has yet to pay back a penny. When I ask him about it, he gets mad and tells me it’s none of my business. I have hi...

DATE: Mar 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A generation emerging from the wreckage looks forward

I’ve been going around to campuses asking undergraduate and graduate students how they see the world. Most of the students I’ve met with are at super-competitive schools – Harvar...

DATE: Feb 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Confession could end relationship

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, “Al,” and I have been together for two years off and on. We dated casually for six months before we decided to be exclusive. He didn’t know that I was also sleep...

DATE: Feb 28, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Kristof: What poisons are in your body?

Before I tell you about my urine, let me stress that it should have been clean. Almost a decade ago, I was shaken by my reporting on a class of toxic chemicals called endocrine di...

DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Cooke: Transportation fix hits partisan speedbump

On the opening day of the current legislative session, Senate Republicans introduced a $3.5 billion state transportation plan. If approved by voters in November, Senate Bill 18-001 will take...

DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Wife longs to have own children

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are 15 years apart in age. We have been together for six years, married a year and a half. He is my entire world, my best friend and soul mate. Wh...

DATE: Feb 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

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