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City of Durango is looking at quite a busy new year

I’ve been cleaning out closets and reorganizing kitchen cabinets. Maybe it’s my internal winter instincts to look at life and to face the New Year with a grin. Do I really need all those con...

2014 letter-writers

In 2014, The Durango Herald letters to the editor section was a lively forum, full of spirited debate about community concerns. Readers shared with others their views on the “Arc of History”...

Family planning programs must preclude abuse

The London Summit on Family Planning in 2012 was the start of a new focus on family planning. The last time family planning had received so much attention was the Cairo conference in 1994. ...

25 years and counting for Trails 2000

Most nonprofits would kill to have a fan base as avid as Trail 2000’s. Not only does the organization do no advertising – just a simple posting on its website – for its annual din...

Christmas trees have uses after holidays

’Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the tree lot, many creatures were stirring and wondering, “What?” What to do with these trees that now have no home? Could we find them a place...

Willie Waldman delivers jazz Memphis-style

It was on Beale Street in 1983 when trumpeter Willie Waldman began his musical relationship with saxophone player Herman Green. Waldman was a young musician on a marching band sc...

Administration right to pursue methane rules

Sometimes people say outrageous things. Case in point: In response to the Obama administration announcing plans to cut methane emissions, the president of the Institute for Energy...

Steampunk Wipeout will test kids’ obstacle-course skills

In anticipation of Steampunk Snowdown 2015, La Plata County 4-H is teaming with great local sponsors to put on a fun event for families. Celebrating Healthy Communities, Durango...

Do not try to dance around topic of radical Islam

I’ve never been a fan of global conferences to solve problems, but when I read that the Obama administration is organizing a Summit on Countering Violent Extremism for Feb. 18, in response t...

Margie Deane Gray fêted and honored

Much as she would prefer the story not be about her, Durangoans took the opportunity to honor Margie Deane Gray twice in the space of a couple of weeks this month. Fort Lewis Coll...

In business, precision is preferable

How important is the use of words? Is it important for business owners to be precise in their use of business and financial terms? Can distorted or inaccurate communication lead to incorrect...

Formalities dispensed; it’s down to business

Things are off to a fast and busy start at the Colorado Legislature. We’ve just finished the last of the ceremonial formalities, which are time-consuming, but important for their historical ...