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Animal-borne diseases: Prevent rabies, plague, West Nile virus, hantavirus and tularemia this summer

As we navigate through the summer and early fall, La Plata County Public Health Department is reminding residents to prevent animal-borne diseases that can have serious health implications. ...

DATE: Aug 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

‘Advocate, reliable source of support’ came in principal at Indigenous Wyo. school

By the time she took the dais at the Arapaho Charter High School graduation this spring, Principal Katie Law was beyond tired. She’d spent the last two days coaching students at the state tr...

DATE: Aug 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Disagreement progresses to estrangement

DEAR ABBY: After several years of worsening arguments, I told my father I was tired of fighting with him, and we needed family counseling. He was deeply, explosively offended and not only re...

DATE: Aug 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Daniel Donato plays Rhythms on the Rio

Daniel Donato has his eyes on Colorado. The young Nashville, Tennessee-based guitar player is climbing the ranks of hot musicians of not only the jam, but the indie country realm. With seri...

DATE: Jul 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

‘30 bills sponsored, signed in 2024’

Recently I wrote about what we in the state Legislature did for Colorado this year; I am proud to have been a part of that team effort. This month, I present the 30 bills I sponsored and the...

DATE: Jul 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

After grief, caregiver may recognize new signs of life’

What do you have left in your life when you’ve lost the two men you loved most because of dementia? Gone are the dreams of future times together, that data bank of shared memories, that one-...

DATE: Jul 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

‘30 bills sponsored, signed in 2024’

Recently I wrote about what we in the state Legislature did for Colorado this year; I am proud to have been a part of that team effort. This month, I present the 30 bills I sponsored and the...

DATE: Jul 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Secrets still held as union ends

DEAR ABBY: After many years of trying to keep our family together, divorce is our final option. My husband has had two affairs that I know of during our 30-year marriage. They hurt me deeply...

DATE: Jul 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

You’re not being gaslighted: Parkers must pay up

Dear Action Line: What’s up with the parking lot behind the Gaslight theater? This lot has not been charging for over a year and suddenly everyone is getting a $60 ticket. No notice or w...

DATE: Jul 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Man has long endured insults from wife

DEAR ABBY: I'm a 50-year-old man, married for 17 years with two kids. I have a mostly good marriage, but I have been noticing things that bother me. Almost daily, my wife seems to insult me ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Libraries can be a valuable buttress during life’s storms

Recently, a friend of mine gave a motivational speech in which she compared what bison (American Buffalo) do and what cattle do when they sense a storm approaching. She explained that when s...

DATE: Jul 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

‘Joys of long marriage how personal, pragmatic moosh together’

My husband, Dan Collins, died this month because of COVID-19 and pneumonia. By the time he passed, Dan had been sedated for a while, and there’s a small controversy over what was said the la...

DATE: Jul 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Photos: Archers take aimPurgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Purgatory Resort hosts the Total Archery Challenge

Photos: A rockin’ good timeThe 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

The 71st annual Four Corners Gem and Mineral Show

Photos: Durango gets ‘Wet and Wild’

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.

A solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a d...

Photos: IHBC Subaru Mountain Bike RaceCobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday

Cobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday

Animal-borne diseases: Prevent rabies, plague, West Nile virus, hantavirus and tularemia this summer

‘Advocate, reliable source of support’ came in principal at Indigenous Wyo. school

Disagreement progresses to estrangement

Daniel Donato plays Rhythms on the Rio

‘30 bills sponsored, signed in 2024’

After grief, caregiver may recognize new signs of life’

‘30 bills sponsored, signed in 2024’

Secrets still held as union ends

You’re not being gaslighted: Parkers must pay up

Man has long endured insults from wife

Libraries can be a valuable buttress during life’s storms

‘Joys of long marriage how personal, pragmatic moosh together’

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