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Which collar or harness is right for your dog?

Choosing the right collar or harness for your dog can be challenging. There are dozens of options available, but which is right for you and your dog? Prong collars are metal collars with sti...

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

BLM’s Public Lands Rule – A win for the American West and Colorado

April marked a historic paradigm shift for the Bureau of Land Management with the enactment of the Public Lands Rule. The rule ensures the BLM’s multiple-use mission balances conservation, c...

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Friendship’s decline doesn’t stop cash ask

DEAR ABBY: My friend “Gene” and I have been friends since elementary school. We're now in our 50s. We were inseparable best friends all those years. When we were about 30, I started noticing...

DATE: May 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The Sadies return to Durango

Canadian surf and garage rock, cosmic-country and punk band The Sadies made their Durango concert debut on Nov. 5, 2013. That night, music lovers of Durango were treated to a solid blast of ...

DATE: May 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

‘Voting just the beginning of responsibility in a democracy’

Democracy is defined as that system of government where as many people as possible are enfranchised (empowered) to participate in all the civil rights society has to offer, including voting ...

DATE: May 22, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Wife worries about grieving man

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 42 years. Three months ago, I started seeing changes in my husband’s behavior. He had lost two good friends within two months, so I attributed it to that. ...

DATE: May 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

This week’s question comes from the trenches

Dear Action Line: When are the city’s contractors going to fully repave the parts of the street where they cut into the concrete with that massive saw blade earlier this spring? As I car...

DATE: May 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Wildlife quid-pro-quo: ‘Something to still think about’

The wildlife quid-pro-quo. It was a proposition advocated more than a half century ago by Willard D. Klimstra, then director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Cooperative Wildlife...

DATE: May 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Column: Durango girls soccer in tough spot with its location

Demons players have to juggle club and high school seasons at the same time

DATE: May 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

‘Drunken on individualism, we no longer can muster civic devotion’

There are private subcultures in American life that act like political subdivisions of the state and nation. They demand independence and status as sovereign entities in our society. One suc...

DATE: May 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Widowed spouse makes special plea

DEAR ABBY: Today I ironed and folded my late husband’s lucky fishing shirt and placed it into a box going to Goodwill. Continuing with the task, I matched up 14 pairs of my good merino wool ...

DATE: May 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Husband’s temper worsens after layoff

DEAR ABBY: When my husband, “Wayne,” and I were dating 15 years ago, he would occasionally get angry and stalk off or bust a bag of chips, but after I gave him time alone, he’d be back like ...

DATE: May 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby