Columnists - The Durango Herald

Why Action Line refuses to answer luxury housing inquiry

Dear Action Line: Alert! An eyesore has developed on our San Juan Skyway. It appears to be swelling, oozing wealth and privilege, obscuring mountain views along U.S. Highway 550. I’m con...

DATE: May 15, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

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 you could correctly explain this darkness is because of the absence of a...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Which volunteer opportunity is right for you?

The first time I worked with conservation volunteers, I led a group of high school students on a long-term volunteer trail project. As my students learned to use tools, cut tread and spend a...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

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 organization,” it is so much more, and I think anyone can be a leader in any s...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

A Dinosaur Murder Mystery at Jurassic National Monument

Over 15,000 dinosaur bones, the densest deposit of Jurassic dinosaur fossils ever located, have come from multi-colored soils in Utah. How they got there, who was eating whom and what killed...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Yin and yang of two separate selves

Yin-Yang is the ancient Chinese philosophical concept that describes opposite but interconnected forces. The yin is represented by the black; the yang by the white. The yin represents the ne...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘I hate pickleball’

I’m 65 now, which means that, according to federal law, I have to start playing pickleball. But I don’t want to play pickleball. I hate pickleball. I’m fine with AARPers all over America lov...

DATE: May 14, 2023 | CATEGORY: 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 the headline, “Betting, transfer rules make CU ‘Compromise University,’ ” you know I was n...

DATE: May 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Shop for a cause

Thrift shopping is sustainable, but did you know that local thrift stores also help support the greater good of the Durango area? When making a purchase at a local thrift store, your money i...

DATE: May 12, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

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? If people liked discomfort, there would be no such thing as slippers, ...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Performing arts in bloom

Durango’s persistent shortage of social and performing arts venues is changing. Tonight (May 12), Durango’s finest mid-sized performance venue will host another memorable recital and a new v...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

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 player Chris “Critter” Eldridge, mandolin player Andrew Ma...

DATE: May 11, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown