For too long, we’ve treated “going to college” as if it were the same thing as “getting an education.” But that’s like saying “putting food in your mouth” is the same as “good nutrition.” It all depen...

After reading “Back-to-School immunizations available at Public Health Clinic,” (Herald, Aug. 10), I had to respond. I counted 21 different vaccines – some are three in one shot – to get/stay in schoo...

On our recent return vacation to Colorado, we again fell in love with your majestic aspens. Golden light, rolling trails, endless groves – it never grows old. But not every grove loved us back. Some l...

For more than two centuries, vaccines have been humanity’s most effective shield against viral disease. In 1800, Boston physicians began using Edward Jenner’s smallpox inoculation; by 1809, Massachuse...

Here's a thought: Maybe we can start with 32nd Street, if the city lads might ever get the upper end of it finished. Methinks in the last three or four years, a few young lads “up the way” started som...

A recent letter to the editor asked if Durango School District is “celebrating lower expectations” (Herald, Sept. 3). The opposite is true. Our students and educators earned some of the highest result...

Still a newcomer, I continue to marvel at Durango – the people, the place – and sometimes ask myself why it is so unique. I gained an insight into that question recently. The evening began prosaically...

Get John Peel out of retirement again to do Action Line. The new guy is not funny! … and where are Smelter Mountain para sailers? Crashed, quit or lost in space? John Peel would find out. Marilyn ...

The Colorado Department of Transportation will begin a survey project on Tuesday that will cause traffic delays on a stretch of U.S. Highway 160 between Elmore’s Corner and Bayfield. According to a n...