Columnists - The Durango Herald

Your rental car is damaged. Now what?

When it comes to rental-car damage, you wouldn’t believe what I hear. They’re true stories with unhappy endings, for the most part. Mark DiBello’s experience stands out. As a youn...

DATE: Sep 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Get used to the new normal: The West is burning

California’s apocalyptic fires are a side effect of modern life – megafires, firenados, constantly drifting smoke. The words seem to come straight out of the latest apocalyptic superhero fli...

DATE: Sep 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Writers on the Range

Let’s make conference & events center a reality

I last wrote about an arts, conferences and events center in October 2017, nearly a year ago. A group has been meeting for nearly 18 months to create a plan for this type of facility for Dur...

DATE: Sep 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Emotions are nothing to be afraid of

We arrive at our farm-stay by late afternoon. We’re going to stay on a farm, we’ve told the kids with the kind of enthusiasm that works on toddlers, or like we’re impersonating telemarketers...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Dance puts teen in awkward position

DEAR ABBY: Homecoming is next month, and we are not allowed to take outside dates. My girlfriend goes to a different school and doesn’t want me taking anyone else. My school is very smal...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A look at what’s new in health insurance options

The availability of health care that is accessible and affordable is essential to our well-being. Unfortunately, health care can be expensive and the insurance system can be complex. ...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

A tax for public safety? City council is confusing the issue

By John Ritchey Durango resident Two years ago, the Durango City Council unanimously voted to support the $100 million airport tax. Fortunately, the voters wisely and o...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Invest in Durango; vote YES on 2A

What did your hair look like in 1982? That year was the last time the city of Durango asked for a property tax increase. On Oct. 15, ballots will drop for our consideration of a “Back to Bas...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

We’re measuring the economy completely wrong

Ten years after the collapse of Lehman Bros., the official economic statistics – the ones that fill news stories, television shows and presidential tweets – say the U.S. economy is fully rec...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: David Leonhardt

Could Kavanaugh’s be a case of mistaken ID?

WASHINGTON – In one of Brett Kavanaugh’s responses to allegations that he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl when he was in high school, a charge he has denied “categorically and unequivo...

DATE: Sep 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: Kathleen Parker

Community support helps keep DAC an artistic hub

By Jaime Wienk Special to the Herald As a homegrown Durangoan, I have experienced, participated, volunteered and worked many of the limitless festivals and activities o...

DATE: Sep 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Accident ends couple’s plan to have children together

DEAR ABBY: I am 15 years older than my boyfriend, “Spencer,” and have two kids from a previous marriage. Spencer and I have been living together for the past 10 years. I plan...

DATE: Sep 20, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby