Columnists - The Durango Herald

Wolves ‘drugged, blindfolded, collared, moved to remote land’

What was it like for 10 captured Oregon wolves when Colorado Parks and Wildlife opened their crates on a December day last year? The wolves had been chased by helicopter, drugged, blindfolde...

DATE: Mar 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Public will be left in dark around legislation that affects them’

Irony is the juxtaposition of one conceptual proposition with a directly contrary reality, like a “vegetarian butcher” or something that’s “seriously funny.” Or the swift enactment – during ...

DATE: Mar 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Abusive mom continues to manipulate

DEAR ABBY: I’m an only child (in my 30s now) who was raised by an emotionally and verbally abusive mother. When I wasn’t her whipping post, I was an emotional crutch for her and had to assum...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Discovery derails couple’s marriage

DEAR ABBY: I have known my husband for 10 years. We have been married for four. We love each other very much, but I did something that has caused him to no longer trust me, and he won’t forg...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Lessons from past still ring true

DEAR ABBY: Years ago, I sat over lunch, reading your mom’s “Definition of Maturity.” It was shortly after my dad died, and reading it made me realize how lucky I had been. Those were all les...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Telling our own stories

If you want to see what community building really looks like, attend a performance of Raven Narratives. Last weekend in Cortez and Durango, Raven Narratives co-founders Sarah Syverson and To...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

‘Guilt crept in – what if he declined precipitously in memory care unit?

“I can't do this for one more day,” I wailed to myself after my husband of 40 years, including several years deep in dementia, baffled me with yet another irrational antic. These moments wer...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

On water: ‘Hundred years later, citizens remain disengaged’

“Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles.” – Unknown author Throughout thi...

DATE: Mar 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

My mother and crows: ‘Weird passion holds a lot more’

“Hello!” My mom yelled over the rolling gusts of wind, waving her hands to the crows perched high up in the aspen. “I’m Jennifer!” “Mom,” I said, ducking my head in embarrassment from the st...

DATE: Mar 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Billy the Kid lives on in New Mexico

Billy the Kid is alive and well in New Mexico, or at least it seems that way. He’s doing much better than Sheriff Pat Garrett who shot him in the back and thus violated the Code of the West....

DATE: Mar 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

A timely question about time (and temperature)

Dear Action Line: Why is the time on the sign at the old Racket Ball Club one hour ahead? Also the temp on the clock down there by Sonic is always 10 degrees higher than at the Racket Ba...

DATE: Mar 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Primergy may have ‘back door’ for solar facility approval

Under a proposed state bill, Primergy of California may have found a back door for approval to construct its massive industrial solar facility near Hesperus. The permit application to constr...

DATE: Mar 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.