Columnists - The Durango Herald

Program increases access to health care for local children

One of the fundamental visions of San Juan Basin Public Health is to ensure that health care services are equitable throughout the communities we serve. One way the agency addresses this is ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Empty-nesters’ interests diverge

Dear Abby: I’m married to a great husband. We worked well together in our business. He’s loyal, dependable, was a great stepfather when my son was young, etc. When we were yo...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Gary Paul Nabhan: The wall with Mexico will come tumbling down

Few walls last forever. Last winter, part of President Trump’s new border wall wavered toward collapse under the force of strong winds whipping through the twin cities of Calexico and Mexica...

DATE: Aug 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Sunny Gable releases new album

The early shut-in days of the uninvited guest that is refusing to leave offered all of us plenty of time to get some things done. Just as the to-do list was extending off the page, many were...

DATE: Aug 13, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Chase LaCroix: Our business advocates for social justice

When my wife, Jen, and I opened Durango Outdoor Exchange, we focused on providing access to adventure to people from all walks of life. To us, this meant offering quality outdoor gear and ap...

DATE: Aug 12, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Poolside overexposure is too much

Dear Abby: My husband and I are in our 60s and have a swimming pool that our kids and grandkids like to visit. Our issue is that our granddaughter wears a bathing suit that shows her bum...

DATE: Aug 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Tractor revs up fine-art ideas

Dear Action Line: What’s up with the red tractor sitting in the grass on the east side of Florida Road in the 900 block? Is it art? Is it historic? – No traction Dear Traction: T...

DATE: Aug 10, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

W.S. Robinson: Climbing walls in the West while sitting in a chair

Reclining in my favorite chair recently in vanishingly small Inez, Wyoming, I found myself close to tears. My wife, Maria, sat beside me to ask what was troubling me. ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Bringing price relief and accountability to healthcare

It’s been a long, winding road since January 2018 when Local First received impassioned feedback at our annual meeting that the price of healthcare, and health insurance premiums in particul...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local First

The Other Four Corners: High in the San Juan National Forest four counties meet

Most everyone has been to the Four Corners Monument with its outdoor concrete patio and granite-and-bronze circle. Tourists sprawl in contorted positions to get both hands and both feet in e...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Inside constellation Lyra, scope out a double-double

Greetings, Stargazers. As I write this, we have just finished a much-needed monsoon week. But today the clouds are gone, and the afternoon temperature is back into the 90s. It de...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Why we are still planning our December event, and why it matters

I hope you are familiar with the annual Festival of Trees event by Community Connections. If not, I will offer you a quick rundown: Dozens of local businesses, organizations and individuals ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Creating Community