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Concerned about an older person? Senior Reach program offers help

During the holidays, we naturally reach out to others – with a hug, a gift or an act of service. This warm spirit of giving often extends beyond our family circle and into the community. We ...

DATE: Dec 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Plenty of bird watching to be had in winter

Birding in winter? Many people think of birding in the spring, when migrants from the South come back to our own little corner of paradise. But birding in the winter can be fun and rewarding...

DATE: Dec 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

A Christmas letter from your dog

By Marcy Eckhardt La Plata County Humane Society They say Christmas is the time to celebrate the special people in our lives – and there’s no one more special to me tha...

DATE: Dec 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Blue-state Americans can keep health coverage

My liberal sister, a hospital worker, staunchly supports Obamacare on moral grounds. Marsha believes that no American should go without needed medical attention for lack of money. But does t...

DATE: Dec 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Froma Harrop

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DATE: Dec 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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DATE: Dec 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Suicide is a real problem with real solutions. Resources can help

Mood disorders are among the most common chronic health conditions affecting human beings. According to the National Institutes of Health, in the United States, more than 16 mill...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

A desert trip is good for all our souls

The tweens are huddled around a few square feet of sand, as enchanted as a pack of toddlers armed with buckets and shovels. We’re just outside Bluff, Utah, and have made it 500 feet from the...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

GOP at its peak, conservatism has hit rock bottom

It is one of fate’s cruel jokes that conservatism should be at its modern nadir just as the Republican Party is at its zenith – if conservatism is defined as embracing limited government, di...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Books that help explain the dawning Trump era

The Donald Trump presidency is not yet officially upon us, but the Trump era has already been good for political reading lists. Book buyers baffled by Trumpism are making best sellers out of...

DATE: Dec 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

For 2017, dare to set a big goal for yourself

If we’re friends on Facebook, or in real life, you probably know that I’m currently living in Hawaii. Moving here is part of my Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal to travel for a year. C...

DATE: Dec 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Durango’s littlest Cheesehead roots for mom’s team

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist When Coloradans break out the orange everything as the Denver Broncos suit up to take on the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, one little Du...

DATE: Dec 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors