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Summer will bloom with garden events

Only 16 days until the nights start getting shorter. That’s right, our beloved summer days, lasting long into the early evening, will be getting shorter already. Interestingly en...

Our public lands more than just a gas, oil reservoir

The local Bureau of Land Management is increasingly treating our public lands as merely a gas and oil reservoir to be tapped at industry’s convenience. The mission of the BLM is:...

Friends, relatives spice Durango’s tourism recipe

“Our town is more fun than your town” is what we’d like to say; true, maybe, but impolite. An important travel industry segment is called VFR, short for Visiting Friends and Relatives. ...

Lots of ‘Pomp’ at graduation

Going back to face algebra as an adult? No thanks, even though I was pretty good at math – it’s just been a long time as my upcoming 40th high school reunion can attest. So I real...

Start swinging: Our golf season is going quickly

Where did April and May go? It just seems I was getting things cranked up for the golf season, and the first 64 days of bona fide golfing weather has passed us by. Eve...

Looking at Mexico beyond the stereotypes and politics

After a trip to Argentina and Chile a few years ago, I half-jokingly told friends that if I had known what the “Southern Cone” was like 40 years ago, I would have learned Spanish; the reason...

Contentious session made for difficult work in Denver

With the end of the legislative session in early May, I now write new columns monthly rather than the session’s weekly efforts. One constituent thanked me for my “letters from the war zone,”...

Public editorial board meeting

Please join The Durango Herald editorial board for its public session at 10:30 a.m. Thursday on the patio at Durango Public Library, 1900 E. Third Ave. Each of these meetings will consider i...

Cervical cancer screening – how often is it needed?

I find that there is considerable confusion these days about cervical cancer screening. I hear many questions about when to start Pap smear testing, how often to have a Pap smear, and at wha...

As kids grow older, camping is almost a leisure sport

It’s the same song I sing to myself every time we go camping: “It’s a lot of damn work, but soooo worth it,” as we schlep all our necessities from the car into our weekend home of pine needl...

City recall could be in the bag with 689 signatures

Is it possible to recall city councilors who want to ban almost everything? Can we put four (one doesn’t deserve it yet) on the same recall petition? Is there a way to prevent them from doin...

‘Keeping it Sacred’ movie is example of beautiful full circle

A boy rides his bike down a dirt road. He’s looking to meet with friends and for answers for how to help his dad quit smoking. Friends join his quest seeking knowledge from elders about how ...