Columnists

Animal-borne diseases: Prevent rabies, plague, West Nile virus, hantavirus and tularemia this summer

As we navigate through the summer and early fall, La Plata County Public Health Department is reminding residents to prevent…

August 2, 2024

Opinion

‘Advocate, reliable source of support’ came in principal at Indigenous Wyo. school

cca By the time she took the dais at the Arapaho Charter High School graduation this spring, Principal Katie Law…

August 2, 2024

Dear Abby

Disagreement progresses to estrangement

DEAR ABBY: After several years of worsening arguments, I told my father I was tired of fighting with him, and…

August 1, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Daniel Donato plays Rhythms on the Rio

Daniel Donato has his eyes on Colorado. The young Nashville, Tennessee-based guitar player is climbing the ranks of hot musicians…

July 31, 2024

Opinion

‘30 bills sponsored, signed in 2024’

Rep. Barbara McLachlandu1-i-syn Recently I wrote about what we in the state Legislature did for Colorado this year; I am…

July 31, 2024

Dear Abby

Secrets still held as union ends

DEAR ABBY: After many years of trying to keep our family together, divorce is our final option. My husband has…

July 30, 2024

Action Line

You’re not being gaslighted: Parkers must pay up

The parking area south of the Gaslight and Relove is clearly signed as a private pay lot administered by Vanguard…

July 29, 2024

Dear Abby

Man has long endured insults from wife

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 50-year-old man, married for 17 years with two kids. I have a mostly good marriage, but…

July 27, 2024

Shelf Life

Libraries can be a valuable buttress during life’s storms

Recently, a friend of mine gave a motivational speech in which she compared what bison (American Buffalo) do and what…

July 26, 2024

Opinion

‘Joys of long marriage how personal, pragmatic moosh together’

Gail Collins<br><br>(CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times)du1-i-syn My husband, Dan Collins, died this month because of COVID-19 and pneumonia. By…

July 26, 2024

Dear Abby

Mom uses social media to disparage kids

DEAR ABBY: My mother is toxic. She had a terrible childhood, and she takes it out on me and my…

July 25, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Bar D Wranglers serve up music, comedy

The Bar D Wrangler’s Chuckwagon was featured on pages C1 and C2 of Saturday’s The New York Times.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald…

July 24, 2024

Opinion

Mountain bikes and wilderness: ‘Must we get everything in the outdoors?’

cca “Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed.”…

July 24, 2024

Dear Abby

Room assignments unclear for ‘throuple’

DEAR ABBY: My 25-year-old son lives with his two girlfriends, who are also romantically involved with each other. They share…

July 23, 2024

Action Line

Action Line’s e-bike trail primer

Harrison Crum rides his new e-bike on Thursday. He was able to buy the bike thanks in part to a…

July 22, 2024

Sports

No time can mean the best time

in rodeo and life is what you make of it

July 21, 2024

Opinion

‘Far better ways to gather, sort’ mustangs

cca An enduring symbol, the mustang, symbolizes the largely mythological vision of the West as a place that is wild…

July 21, 2024

Dear Abby

Dad’s new wife offers sketchy advice

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I had a baby right around the time my father remarried. I didn’t know my…

July 20, 2024

Guest Columns

When the cards you’re dealt aren’t great, hedge your bets

During the growing season of 2021, things got a little dicey here in Southwest Colorado. The winter prior, snow levels…

July 19, 2024

Thinking Green

Advocates urge Dolores River review

Before the completion of McPhee Dam in 1984, the Dolores River was prized for its whitewater recreation. River advocates called…

July 19, 2024

What's up in Durango Skies

Learning about the Milky Way

Greetings, stargazers. The Milky Way is a barred-spiral galaxy about 100,000 light years in diameter, but only about 1,000 light…

July 19, 2024

Columnists

Our schools are shabby here, across the nation

Facilities Director Jonathan Morgan points out an old Roof Top Unit for temperature control and aged asphalt tile on top…

July 19, 2024

From the Humane Society

Your dog is talking, are you listening?

Humans often rely on verbal communication, but to truly understand our dogs, we must learn to interpret their nonverbal cues.…

July 19, 2024

Dear Abby

Troubling memories about dad haunt daughter

DEAR ABBY: When I was young and even as I grew older, my father touched me inappropriately. It made me…

July 19, 2024