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Opioids here not the huge problem you may think

The Durango Herald article “ I have been working in this community doing opioid-specific education, Naloxone trainings and general substance use prevention for the past year as an AmeriCorp...

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

It’s getting harder to beat airport car-rental fees

Car-rental customers report having to pay concession fees to U.S. airports even if they didn’t use an airport rental location. The charges have been quietly imposed by municipalities in an a...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Woman can’t move on from lost love

Dear Abby: I have known this man, “Finn,” for years. We grew up together. He was the annoying boy on the playground who turned into my first love when we were in college. We live in diff...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month

At a recent meeting, I had someone share a photo with me that brought a smile to my face and joy to my heart. It was a photo of her granddaughter holding her first library card. Her grandda...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Shelf Life

Nostalgia breeds derangement. Let’s move on.

In 2014, Peter Pomerantsev, a British journalist born in the Soviet Union, published “Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible,” which drew on his years working in Russian television to de...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Sunny Gable’s musical campaign

Peek inside musician Sunny Gable’s house and you may find the multi-instrumentalist and songwriter wandering around from room to room with various instruments. She could be singing in the ki...

DATE: Aug 29, 2019 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Lessons at most progressive and American school

SEDONA, Ariz. – As a government official in World War II, Hamilton Warren was outraged to learn that a black colleague made half as much as his white peers. So, after the war, the...

DATE: Aug 28, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Trump’s presidency not unfolding, it’s unraveling

WASHINGTON – Historians studying the Trump presidency will have a prodigious amount of material that demands examination but defies explanation. The president’s Aug. 21, half-hour, South Law...

DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Michael Gerson

Not just a machine, he’s the Lamborghini of gaffes

WASHINGTON – There is no surer way to convince people you are going nuts than to stand in front of a crowd and announce that you are not going nuts. “I want to be clear: I’m not g...

DATE: Aug 27, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dana Milbank

Here’s how we’ll choose our next city manager

During a city council meeting on Aug. 20, City Manager Ron LeBlanc announced his retirement after almost 12 years of service. Although his announcement took City Council by surpri...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Durango has your number with plastic recycling

Where does my plastic go after I recycle it in Durango’s single-stream recycling bin? What are the odds that it’s really getting made into other plastic goods? Am I just fooling myself into ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Man embarrassed when wife asks ages

Dear Abby: My wife constantly craves compliments about her age. When we meet people, she regularly asks how old they are, which I think is rude and inappropriate. Then she asks me if I k...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby