Columnists

Beyond the gore, autopsies hold lessons for us

Dr. John Biemer, a former journalist who left his field for medicine and is currently a first-year pathology resident in…

July 13, 2014

Green Medicine

You can age gracefully with help from Mother Nature

In our culture, where youthfulness is so highly prized and elderliness is seen as a liability, no one wants to…

July 13, 2014

John Peel

Life not all a day at the beach

Glen Marler kept the uniform that got him unscathed through World War II. He earned a bronze arrowhead for being…

July 13, 2014

Serving Veterans

Comprehensive education benefits offered under GI Bill

The new bill goes well beyond helping to pay for tuition. Many veterans who served after Sept. 11, 2001, will…

July 12, 2014

On Real Estate

Crunching numbers for county market

There were 442 home sales in the first half, as compared wth 471 last year and 356 in 2012. These…

July 12, 2014

Gulliford's Travels

Culture clash in Moab

Tourism vs. oil and gas: Lessons from the Green River

July 12, 2014

Columnists

When helping people with disabilities, listen and respect

I started thinking about ‘listen and respect’ after a conference I attended in June. The conference participants, mainly professionals in…

July 12, 2014

From our Congressman

Using gun trusts to responsibly own, transfer firearms

Johnson, Erin The process of transferring a gun collection from one generation to the next can create or be embroiled…

July 12, 2014

Policy and Politics

Udall bill will do little to fix Hobby Lobby

That decision was based first on the premise the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, passed by Congress in 1993, extends to…

July 12, 2014

Flies & Lies

Dynamic duo: Every angler should have one

For fly-fishing, I believe everyone should have a DD. To be more precise, you need one wet fly and one…

July 10, 2014

Downtown Lowdown

Creeping ever closer to Red Rocks dream

Ask any up-and-coming band with stardom aspirations where they would like to play when they “make it,” and 99 percent…

July 10, 2014

From the Extension Office

About to trash your produce? Here’s how to make it last

This does not have to be the case if you store it effectively. Temperature and location of storage make all…

July 9, 2014

Durango Nature Studies

The beauty, cruelty of trout migration

Trout instinctively swim upstream to lay their eggs and reproduce close to the place where they were born.Courtesy of Sally…

July 9, 2014

Thinking Green

Over the years, my feeling about Old Glory evolve

The American flag dominates my thoughts, three archetypes rising from somewhere deep. The angry flag In 2003, I marched down…

July 9, 2014

Clubhouse Porch

The key to golfing in the summer heat is hydration

Forecasters said a high pressure system was centered in the Four Corners recently, which created an upsurge of flow from…

July 9, 2014

Bottom Line

Cash-flow management befuddles many

The problem can be summed up as an unexpected shortage of cash. George, my partner in some ventures, and I…

July 8, 2014

Culture Gulch

Tavern songs and musical spirits in ‘Carmina’

The tenors and basses of the Durango Choral Society, with help from their counterparts in Telluride and Farmington, are putting…

July 7, 2014

Action Line

‘Distress signal’ over City Hall is just a false alarm

The city of Durango flag was flying upside down outside City Hall until last week.JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald Durangoans have strong…

July 5, 2014

Letter from Korla

Wild and untouched

China’s Bayinbuluke Grasslands reward the adventurous traveler

July 5, 2014

John Peel

Rapid recovery

With right attitude and new prosthetics, Durangoan adventures on

July 5, 2014

The Travel Troubleshooter

Is this surprise car-rental damage claim for real?

Q: Last March, I rented a vehicle from Hertz in Los Angeles. When I picked up the car, I noticed…

July 5, 2014

Columnists

Boys & Girls Club is more than just someplace to go after school

That many of them are still in the club is a testament to the power of the place. I spent…

July 5, 2014

From our Congressman

July ’09 – 1909 – found Durango in good times

UUU Durango Democrat July 2, 1909 The Oro Fino mining district should attract both capital home development this year. That…

July 5, 2014

From our Congressman

Things fall apart

Events in Iraq show U.S. policy has been based on irrelevant delusions

July 5, 2014