Columnists - The Durango Herald

This week’s question comes from the trenches

Dear Action Line: When are the city’s contractors going to fully repave the parts of the street where they cut into the concrete with that massive saw blade earlier this spring? As I car...

DATE: May 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Wildlife quid-pro-quo: ‘Something to still think about’

The wildlife quid-pro-quo. It was a proposition advocated more than a half century ago by Willard D. Klimstra, then director of Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Cooperative Wildlife...

DATE: May 19, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Column: Durango girls soccer in tough spot with its location

Demons players have to juggle club and high school seasons at the same time

DATE: May 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

‘Drunken on individualism, we no longer can muster civic devotion’

There are private subcultures in American life that act like political subdivisions of the state and nation. They demand independence and status as sovereign entities in our society. One suc...

DATE: May 17, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Widowed spouse makes special plea

DEAR ABBY: Today I ironed and folded my late husband’s lucky fishing shirt and placed it into a box going to Goodwill. Continuing with the task, I matched up 14 pairs of my good merino wool ...

DATE: May 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Husband’s temper worsens after layoff

DEAR ABBY: When my husband, “Wayne,” and I were dating 15 years ago, he would occasionally get angry and stalk off or bust a bag of chips, but after I gave him time alone, he’d be back like ...

DATE: May 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What is your vision for our community?

“Without a vision, the people will perish” is a proverb as true today as in ancient times. We are fortunate that many people and organizations in our community have articulated visions for t...

DATE: May 16, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local First

Downtown Clean Day and goodbye to Jack

The Durango Business Improvement District offers many services to support businesses in Downtown and in the North Main District. One of those services is beautification. Every year, BID part...

DATE: May 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Millions of Americans living with invisible disabilities

The power of invisibility may seem hugely attractive. Indeed, some comic superheroes rely on invisibility as an important tool in their arsenal against evil-doers. But for many people living...

DATE: May 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Razzle dazzle ’em

Merely Players spoofs Americana in ‘Chicago’

DATE: May 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

100 Year Flood to rock Gazpacho

Local musicians Dyllon Drake and Dugan Frase are stuck with each other. That’s OK with them. Guitar player Drake and drummer Frase met a decade ago, when both were playing in the band Revere...

DATE: May 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Sports: ‘Too much made of equipment changes? Perhaps’

Nuance in today’s sports? Unlikely. American athletes in recent years have gotten stronger and more massive. Just take a look at towering college women basketball players and mountainous NFL...

DATE: May 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion