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Neslin: An energy report card

As a new school year dawns, the U.S. Energy Information Administration has fittingly released an Like academic report cards, the SEDS report indicates how Colorado’s energy production and ...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

White: Short- and long-term planning, budget and bears

In the middle of my seventh year on Durango City Council, I find that my attention has turned to strategic planning around long-term civic needs. This effort must occur even as the council a...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Schultheis: Spirit, not skin color, is a person’s measure

America is not the only nation poisoned by racial bigotry; the sad fact is, we are not even the worst. Violent clashes between castes claims the lives of hundreds, if not thousan...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Kristof: We are journalists, not the enemy

Sigh. If only President Donald Trump denounced neo-Nazis as passionately and sincerely as he castigates journalists. What could be an easier task than distancing oneself from Nazi...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nicholas Kristof

Grossman: Keeping children healthy relies on three things

I am writing this column in northern Ghana, where one in 16 children dies before 5 years of age. Although that number is high when compared to developed countries, there has been amazing pro...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Teen fears he will ruin chance with longtime crush

DEAR ABBY: I understand that a 15-year-old guy writing for relationship advice is shameful and that I’m probably better off not worrying about relationships in the first place, but I’m s...

DATE: Aug 26, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Concerned about someone? Reach out, save a life

September is National Suicide Prevention month. The International Association for Suicide Prevention, in collaboration with the World Health Organization and the World Federation for Mental ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Good health is a building block for success in school

With the official end of summer just around the corner, kids are packing up their backpacks, meeting their new teachers and revving up their brains for a new academic year. Back-...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Parent love kids with a unique intensity

We are at the Rec Center park, Dan and I facilitating games for a group of Col and Rose’s friends. The Colorado sun pours from the cloudless sky and barefoot children run through the grass, ...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Chill in the air, heat on golf courses

I felt the first signs of the approaching fall when the temperature dipped into the low fifties the last few days. Chile roasting is in full force, and the mums have arrived at the local sup...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

If water is life, there should be life in your water

“I was water brought to lifted leaves of daffodils and day lilies/Drank into the grace of trees – the aspens like the willows weep.” – from “Drop” by Elephant RevivalTo say “water is lif...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Schultz: What do we make of us?

We were standing in the checkout line at our local grocery, this stranger and I, admiring each other’s necklace. Hers was a ruby embedded in a tiny gold leaf, a gift from her gran...

DATE: Aug 25, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday