POTSDAM, Germany – Wolfgang Bivour carefully emptied a basket of freshly collected mushrooms onto a forest floor covered with fallen autumn leaves. Brown-capped porcini and bay boletes lay beside slim...

According to clinical herbalist Brittany Osborn, the quality of any herbal product is only as good as its starting materials. That’s why she grows all the plants she works with as Animas Botanicals at...

When fans start to need gloves, hats and can see their breath in the air at games, it’s a sign that the playoffs are near. In the next two weeks, high school sports teams will wrap up their regular s...

Banned Books Week, observed Oct. 5-11, has come and gone, but its message deserves to linger. Across La Plata and Montezuma counties, public libraries continue to champion one of democracy’s core valu...

During my time as a student at Fort Lewis College in the late ’70s, I came to cherish the beauty and spirit of Durango and its surrounding forests. It’s heartening to see such thoughtful journalism em...

The $12 million award to the girl who fell from a Crested Butte ski lift will likely cost every ski area in Colorado a million-plus dollars (Herald, Sept. 4). Perhaps Crested Butte should just hand ov...

Stadium 9 900 Translux Drive, Durango, 247-9799, www.allentheatresinc.com Shelby Oaks A woman’s obsessive search for her missing sister leads her into a terrifying mystery at the hands of an...

As a long-term resident, retired bank CEO, former Transportation Commissioner and consistent cyclist, I have seen first hand the effects of our present funding situation for roads, bridges and culvert...