Columnists - The Durango Herald

Junk or treasure? In La Plata, it’s far from clear

Dear Action Line: Way up on Florida Road (La Plata County Road 240) are the remains of a business that was damaged by fire several years ago. It appears people are now living there in th...

DATE: Aug 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Healthier school environment would mean better student performance

As another school year approaches, one thing that’s top of mind for moms is our kids’ health and safety at school. That includes breathing clean air in their classrooms and having a comforta...

DATE: Aug 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Was Tina Peters’ conviction a warning or a trend? The next election will tell us

It turns out, as expected, that the question of Tina Peters’ guilt was never really a question at all. Even Peters herself, according to testimony, knew that once her election-security breac...

DATE: Aug 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Mother makes little effort to meet people

DEAR ABBY: My mother, who is 69, recently moved close to where my wife and I live to be near us as she ages. On the whole, this has been great for all of us. Mom is in good health and still ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Back-to-School: District helps families support students’ mental health

Back-to-school week is here! Aug. 20 marks the first day of school for Durango School District families. It’s an exciting time, filled with anticipation and questions for students like: Who ...

DATE: Aug 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Community

All Colorado households deserve to have help with affordable housing

Throughout Colorado, the cost of living, particularly housing, has exploded, and this is true across the income spectrum for low, to moderate, to high incomes, and touches every corner of th...

DATE: Aug 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Endings and beginnings

ENDINGS: Among the many delights of the 38th Music in the Mountains summer festival memorable solo performances top the list. Dazzling the audience on July 26, the Russian-American pianist O...

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Amelia White and Carter Sampson hit Durango

It all started for Amelia White with a Martin guitar. The now Nashville, Tennessee-based musician was reared on instruments typical of your grade school band, but once a guitar fell into her...

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Church leader lies about infidelity

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Silas,” and I have been married for 30 years. He is the deacon and Sunday school teacher at our church. (His brother is the pastor.) Silas had a two-year affair with ...

DATE: Aug 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

How will our sun end?

Greetings stargazers. Happy monsoons. Even if I haven’t seen many stars in the past week, at least the plants in the garden have been happy. In about five billion years or so, our sun will ...

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Boosting brain power through nutrition

We’ve all experienced it, that moment when you can’t think of the word, and you just sort of babble as you try and get your thoughts straight. This mental “clouding” has been labeled brain f...

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Don’t panic and pitch: Hazardous waste day is coming!

Dear Action Line: We recently moved to Durango and are having trouble finding a place to dispose of pesticides that the previous owners left. Any advice is appreciated. – Ruth Dear Ruth...

DATE: Aug 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line