Columnists

We’re making some progress!

The Colorado End of Life Options Act/Medical Aid in Dying, enacted in 2017 allows an eligible terminally ill person with…

August 29, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Magi and the One Heart Orchestra play 11th Street

It was the Burning Spear cut “Christopher Columbus” that sparked Daniel Wilson’s, aka “Magi’s” love of reggae. Those 3½ minutes…

August 28, 2024

Dear Abby

Family members don’t support transgender relative

DEAR ABBY: My young adult child came out to us as transgender several months ago. My husband and I, along…

August 27, 2024

Action Line

Can attitude help ward off a lightning strike?

Lightning strikes in the north Animas Valley. Lightning brings an added dimension of excitement to a hike. Not to be…

August 26, 2024

Sports

Column: It’s win or go home for Johnny Cox and Fort Lewis football

and Skyhawks program need to win a game this year

August 25, 2024

Dear Abby

Neighbor draws line at socializing

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I retired a few years ago to a neighborhood where most of the residents are…

August 24, 2024

Dear Abby

Bird gets the royal treatment

DEAR ABBY: My sister has a squawky bird she insists on keeping alongside the dinner table when she invites guests…

August 24, 2024

Opinion

Porter-Norton responds to Aug. 18 editorial

Porter-Nortondu1-i-syn Marsha Porter-Norton’s response to her supporters to The Durango Herald’s editorial of Sunday, Aug. 18, which faulted her excessive…

August 24, 2024

From the Humane Society

The enduring love and pain of losing a pet

The bond between humans and their pets is profound. Pets are not just animals; they are family members and friends…

August 23, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

‘All you have to do is do it’

Starting a rock band is the pipe dream of many. For some, it’s a well-organized and heady fantasy that has…

August 21, 2024

Dear Abby

Snooping boyfriend unhappy about discovery

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single man, and have been for 15 years. A year ago, I met a guy, “Josh,”…

August 20, 2024

Dear Abby

Aunt learns reason behind silence

DEAR ABBY: I am very close to my oldest sister’s three sons, especially “Lucas,” who is 38. He and I…

August 20, 2024

Action Line

Junk or treasure? In La Plata, it’s far from clear

The locations of Peaks Seventeen through Twenty Three in the Weminuche Wilderness, according to several sources. Peak Nineteen is still…

August 19, 2024

Opinion

Was Tina Peters’ conviction a warning or a trend? The next election will tell us

Mike Littwindu1-i-syn It turns out, as expected, that the question of Tina Peters’ guilt was never really a question at…

August 17, 2024

Dear Abby

Mother makes little effort to meet people

DEAR ABBY: My mother, who is 69, recently moved close to where my wife and I live to be near…

August 16, 2024

Culture Gulch

Endings and beginnings

Pianist Olga Kern and Conductor Guillermo Figueroa acknowledge audience applause at the July 26 Music in the Mountains concert in…

August 14, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Amelia White and Carter Sampson hit Durango

It all started for Amelia White with a Martin guitar. The now Nashville, Tennessee-based musician was reared on instruments typical…

August 14, 2024

Dear Abby

Church leader lies about infidelity

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Silas,” and I have been married for 30 years. He is the deacon and Sunday school…

August 14, 2024

What's up in Durango Skies

How will our sun end?

Greetings stargazers. Happy monsoons. Even if I haven’t seen many stars in the past week, at least the plants in…

August 12, 2024

Healing Nutrition

Boosting brain power through nutrition

We’ve all experienced it, that moment when you can’t think of the word, and you just sort of babble as…

August 12, 2024

Action Line

Don’t panic and pitch: Hazardous waste day is coming!

A lectern donated in Gilbert Jackson’s name in 1892 is still in use at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Durango.…

August 12, 2024

Opinion

‘Current weather worse than prior times’

In reponse to a guest column in The Colorado Sun on July 19, Trish Zornio said: “Fifteen years ago not…

August 11, 2024

Dear Abby

Young dog has become a nuisance and a danger

DEAR ABBY: I am a retiree with diabetes and heart trouble. My husband is disabled. I’m his sole caregiver when…

August 10, 2024

Opinion

There is still a scandal around president Joe Biden

Ross Douthat(CREDIT: Josh Haner/The New York Times) One of the Biden White House’s greatest achievements, from the perspective of its…

August 10, 2024