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Williams: Sportsmen can thank themselves for the attack on public lands

“I’m a Teddy Roosevelt conservationist,” declares Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. Really? Roosevelt pushed and ultimately signed the Antiquities Act of 1906 that gave presidents the authority...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Everything you wanted to know about money

I’ve been doing a lot of driving lately. Since I returned to Durango in June, I’ve driven to Minnesota, Denver and Wyoming, where we watched the eclipse. Driving also means liste...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Woman still getting over breakup after two years

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, my boyfriend broke up with me by sending me a note. We had been together for 14 years. His boss had introduced him to a twice-divorced woman with three kids. Wh...

DATE: Sep 2, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Man comes back from dead after botched identification

In May, Frank J. Kerrigan, 82, got the phone call every grieving family longs for. “Your son is alive,” said Bill Shinker, a family friend who had been a pall bearer for Kerrigan’...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

The autumn of Verlena’s life

Editor’s note: This column was written before Verlena Collentine’s death Aug. 16 from ovarian cancer. It is the third of a four-part series on her life and death. The first two articles ...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Harrop: Michael Moore and the Democrats’ burden

Michael Moore’s one-man show on Broadway is at times hilarious, at times tedious. While theater critics found “The Terms of My Surrender” greatly wanting, the liberal audiences seemed gratef...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

Parkinson’s patient uneasy about diagnosis

SHARING NEWS OF DIAGNOSIS IS DIFFICULT FOR PARKINSON’S PATIENT DEAR ABBY: I’m an active, 60-something wife, mother and grandmother who was recently diagnosed with early stage Parkin...

DATE: Sep 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

September brings exhibits, shows to Fort Lewis College

September is an exciting month: Students are filling the halls, the leaves are starting to turn and the cultural arts engine at Fort Lewis College is revving up for a semester full of music,...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

Dearth of fruit derails Apple Days, but you can donate excess produce for the needy

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: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

Friedman: Many shades of the U.S. at war

I’m just back from visiting all of our key air bases in Iraq, Afghanistan and along the Persian Gulf, and I find myself wrestling with two stark contrasts: the contrast between what is happe...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Bruni: America’s worst (and best) places to be gay

All my life I’ve loved Texas: those big skies, big steaks and big attitudes. I’m there several times a year. But Texas doesn’t love me back. Certainly its lawmakers don’t, and lat...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Mom wants to trust recovering addict ex

DEAR ABBY: My ex is a recovering drug addict. We have a two-year-old son together. I realized he was using drugs when I was seven months pregnant and all our money was gone. ...

DATE: Aug 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby