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The season for migration brings me back to Durango

As fall approaches, we are starting to see signs of migration throughout the Four Corners. Flocks of geese are seen flying overhead in their “V” formation. Elk and deer are star...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

Sharing a love of exercise and health

Before many of us even thought about fitness as a lifestyle choice, Jo C Soignier fell in love with the feeling of exercising and being healthy. As a child, she was always lean and active bu...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: On the Run

Littwin: Can Hickenlooper and Kasich come up with health care plan?

I’m not sure how it happened, why it happened or even exactly when it happened, but it seems that our own John Hickenlooper and his new pal, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, are now apparently in char...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Mike Littwin

Spouse can’t fix mother-in-law situation

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I met four years ago, have been married for two and I still haven’t met her mother. My mother-in-law, a homophobic, self-proclaimed “evangelist prophet,” refuses t...

DATE: Aug 11, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Shifman: Time for a national conversation about legal marijuana

Whether you love it or hate it, it’s a fact that 29 states so far have some form of marijuana decriminalization or legalization, with more considering the possibility. People hav...

DATE: Aug 10, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

La Plata County Fair brings out the best in our community

It’s time for the La Plata County Fair! A time to hear kids laugh, watch them focus during their time in front of a fair judge and hear the pride in their voices when they talk ab...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Brooks: Getting Trump out of my brain

Last week, The Washington Post published transcripts of Donald Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders. A dear friend sent me an email suggesting I read them because they reveal how Trump...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Woman has frightening dates

DEAR ABBY: I’m worried about a close friend I have known for about 10 years. She’s well-educated, independent and family-oriented. She has been online dating for quite a while and contin...

DATE: Aug 9, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Krugman: What’s next for progressives?

For now, at least, the attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act appears dead. Sabotage by a spiteful Trump administration is still a risk, but there is – gasp! – a bipartisan push to limit ...

DATE: Aug 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Gym client angry at trainer

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend and I work out at the same gym. Over the past several months it has gotten back to me that one of the trainers, “Bob,” has been talking negatively about me to som...

DATE: Aug 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Smith: Region’s contribution to war effort considerable

Durango Herald Democrat, Aug. 4, 1945: Durango’s smelter played a role in the developing of the atomic bomb. Under government contract, the United States Vanadium Corporation re-o...

DATE: Aug 7, 2017 | CATEGORY: Duane Smith

Reality TV: ‘The Pompadours of 1600 Pennsylvania’

WASHINGTON – A future trivia question and historical footnote, the spectacular 10-day flameout of Anthony Scaramucci qualifies as the most entertaining episode yet of the ongoing reality sho...

DATE: Aug 7, 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