Columnists - The Durango Herald

Action Line’s advice for hikers and mountain bikers: When you see the other, give ’em the stink eye

Dear Action Line: While riding my mountain bike in the region, I have encountered more trail users than normal. I always slow or stop to offer a friendly greeting. Mountain bikers typica...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

The changing colors that define autumn’s beauty

In moments of laziness, I can be prone to the “scroll.” The feeds are primarily populated with stories and photos containing baseball, plants, friends’ kids or camping trucks/vans I could ne...

DATE: Oct 4, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Finding balance in this late summer and autumn of our lives

Ah ... summer! Fall is here, and it’s a time of gathering in our energy, harvesting the garden and planning for winter. School has started (and will hopefully continue), organizations and g...

DATE: Oct 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Woman shocked by finance’s intolerance

DEAR ABBY: About a year ago, my fiance of six years revealed that he doesn’t think homosexuality is normal or right. I was shocked because he had never mentioned it before, nor did I see any...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grandmother cut off after critiquing love triangle

DEAR ABBY: My daughter “Faith” has started dating “Kane,” a new guy she met online. He seems like a stand-up guy. Her old boyfriend, “Blake,” was out of the picture, but since she’s started ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Thrive! Living Wage Coalition announces new home at the Local First

After a brief hiatus because of pandemic complications, La Plata County’s Thrive! Living Wage Coalition is ready to be reintroduced to the community. Now a proud program of Local First, the ...

DATE: Oct 1, 2021 | CATEGORY: Local First

Farmington Hill attempts to record live album

If all goes as planned come late Saturday night, local rock band Farmington Hill will have a live album in the making. If all goes as planned. Those plans that need to go the band’s way in...

DATE: Sep 30, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Editorial Cartoons

DATE: Sep 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Editorial Cartoons

Filth threatens end to relationship

DEAR ABBY: I recently got back in touch with an old flame from 12 years ago. We never dated in the past because he was an alcoholic and not in a good place. A month ago, he added me on Snapc...

DATE: Sep 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Nimbly navigating the mean streets of Durango

Dear Action Line: Years ago, I was taught the intricacies of motor vehicle movement on American roadways. This education included a strongly worded admonition to not stop in lanes of thr...

DATE: Sep 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Expanding use of vaccines an effective strategy to fight COVID-19

Safe and effective vaccines continue to be our single best defense against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since the early summer, the delta variant of the virus has been the dom...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

It’s past time for Colorado to tackle the ‘pink tax’

We’re all aware that the role of women has changed in the last centuries, but probably less aware that their biology has also changed. Together, these changes have helped change society. Cur...

DATE: Sep 25, 2021 | CATEGORY: Population Matters