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Party Mountain String Band: It’s all for the love of the music

A solid bluegrass musician should be well versed in the bluegrass catalog. That catalog being the list of decades old tunes all bluegrass musicians will dig into, whether those musicians are...

DATE: Jan 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Weminuche bighorns declining from agency inaction

The recent article, “Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep,” (Herald, Jan. 15), highlighting the failure of federal land management agencies to address risks to native bighorn sh...

DATE: Jan 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Friendship crumbles when truth emerges

DEAR ABBY: My friend of eight years has her 55-year-old son living with her. She has been driving a man around who she told me is a friend of her son’s and she knows his family. What she nev...

DATE: Jan 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Wife finds attention elsewhere

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for 16 years (eight years married). When we were first married, we had fun. He used to take me out on dates. He knows I enjoy dining and dancin...

DATE: Jan 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Downstream concerns concern Durango resident

Dear Action Line: My question regards the stream that comes down from the college and flows south behind the houses on Eighth Avenue and then jogs to Ninth Avenue. Is the path on the ban...

DATE: Jan 27, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Empowering students and strengthening business through work-based learning

At the Durango Chamber of Commerce, we champion work-based learning as a bridge between education and local business needs. Through partnerships with the Southwest Colorado Education Collabo...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The real protection Hegseth has is MAGA loyalty – and liberal scorn

Editor’s note: Pete Hegseth was confirmed as Defense Secretary on Friday night. Why aren’t more Republican senators opposed to Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense, particu...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Don’t put public lands on the chopping block

American liberty and American wilderness are intertwined

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Simple ways to support your local community in 2025

As we dive into 2025, it’s the perfect moment to put our money and energy where it counts – right back into the heart of our communities. With big corporations dominating more of our lives,...

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local First

The Inflation Reduction Act invests in energy, water and rural America

Democrats held unified control of government for two years under President Joe Biden. They spent their political capital to invest in America with three laws that will show most of their ben...

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Thankless weddings have worn thin

DEAR ABBY: A few years ago, we were invited to my cousin’s eldest daughter’s wedding. Although my cousin and I are close, I barely know the daughter. We were invited only because my cousin w...

DATE: Jan 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Deciding whether to pick up a stray dog

When traveling through rural areas, especially on drives through places like Arizona, Utah and the Navajo Nation, encountering stray dogs is a common experience. It’s estimated that up to 50...

DATE: Jan 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

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