Columnists

Dear Abby

Reader gives recipe a twist

DEAR ABBY: I have seen you mention in your column your cookbooklets of favorite recipes. I hope the meatloaf recipe…

May 19, 2023

Dear Abby

Woman thinks beau has raised freeloaders

DEAR ABBY: I have been dating a wonderful man for two years. He has two grown children, 27 and 21.…

May 19, 2023

What's Up Downtown

Cleaning up downtown and wrapping up spring rewards

The Durango Business Improvement District and the Durango Chamber of Commerce have partnered for 20 years on Downtown Clean Day.…

May 19, 2023

Dear Abby

Wife reflects on marriage to alcoholic

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 39 years to a kind, supportive and loving man. We are both retired.…

May 19, 2023

Opinion

Outside consultants ‘detrimental to local democratic process’

Blake Fredricksoncca There is an unusual erosion of locally based civic life underway in Durango and La Plata County. We…

May 19, 2023

Downtown Lowdown

Check out the Slackers at Ska Brewing

A sought-after venue for a ska band to play a show is Durango’s own Ska Brewery. It’s a glorious ask…

May 18, 2023

From the Extension Office

Honoring our top 4-H graduates

The month of May means we get to celebrate our graduating high school seniors and award the La Plata County…

May 17, 2023

From the Extension Office

New plants for the season

We all have our favorite things, right? Now that I just recently turned 51 (please send belated birthday presents to…

May 17, 2023

From the Extension Office

Soil moisture may stay cold

I had the pleasure of being born and raised here in Durango – back when the family could fulfill all…

May 15, 2023

Action Line

Why Action Line refuses to answer luxury housing inquiry

A roadside view of new construction at the Glacier Club. (Courtesy of Action Line)cca Dear Action Line: Alert! An eyesore…

May 15, 2023

What's up in Durango Skies

Why dark skies are dark

Greetings stargazers. We are fortunate to live in one of the darker corners of the continental United States. Most of…

May 14, 2023

From the Chamber

Cultivating Leaders in La Plata County

While the New Oxford Dictionary of English defines leadership as the “action of leading a group of people or an…

May 14, 2023

Gulliford's Travels

A Dinosaur Murder Mystery at Jurassic National Monument

A dramatic exhibit at Jurassic National Monument includes a full-scale cast of an Allosaurus skeleton. Note the many wide-spaced teeth.…

May 14, 2023

Stewards of the Land

Which volunteer opportunity is right for you?

San Juan Mountains Association volunteers out on the trail (2022)cca The first time I worked with conservation volunteers, I led…

May 14, 2023

Opinion

Yin and yang of two separate selves

cca Yin-Yang is the ancient Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but interconnected forces. The yin is represented by the…

May 14, 2023

Opinion

‘I hate pickleball’

Rick Reillycca I’m 65 now, which means that, according to federal law, I have to start playing pickleball. But I…

May 14, 2023

Opinion

‘Thanks, senator. You must be reading the Herald’

Well, I had no idea that The Durango Herald was so powerful. If you caught my March 10 column with…

May 12, 2023

From the Humane Society

Shop for a cause

Thrift shopping is sustainable, but did you know that local thrift stores also help support the greater good of the…

May 12, 2023

From the Extension Office

Why you should embrace discomfort

Raise your hand if you find pleasure in discomfort. In bewilderment, you ask, what kind of ridiculous question is that?…

May 12, 2023

Culture Gulch

Performing arts in bloom

Flutist Rochelle Mann, oboist Rebecca Ray and bassoonist Denise Reig Turner will perform Friday night at St. Mark’s. (Courtesy) Durango’s…

May 11, 2023

Downtown Lowdown

Mighty Poplar plays Tico Time

Sometimes, you just have to play some bluegrass music. Musicians like bass player Greg Garrison, banjo player Noam Pikelny, guitar…

May 11, 2023

Creating Community

Family caregivers an important support for people with disabilities

It’s no secret that services for people with disabilities have long suffered from a shortage of support staff. Since the…

May 10, 2023

Healing Nutrition

Is food thy medicine or thy poison?

Is food your medicine and supporting your health and healing, or is it your poison working against you and making…

May 9, 2023

Dear Abby

Revelations of sex abuse sow shock

DEAR ABBY: I recently was told that my late father-in-law was a serial child abuser who molested his daughter and…

May 9, 2023