It feels like all it took for summer to be over was a snap of the fingers. The sun is setting earlier, kids are going back to school and fall high school sports are here. Most high school fall sports...

As a new school year begins, I can’t help but wonder how our kids are really doing. Will our kids learn values such as empathy, compassion and integrity as they watch politicians and billionaires dism...

WolfWood Refuge is so fortunate to be located near Durango, Bayfield, Ignacio, the Southern Ute Tribe and La Plata County. The immediate and unquestioning support from individuals, businesses, and oth...

During this fire season, please, please, please remember the men and women fighting for our safety. One of the most personal needs of these fine people is personal items. They are in the woods all day...

The shuffle of hundreds of little feet, the chatter of students and teachers, the squeals of reunited friends – and a few wails and tears from first-day jitters – filled the halls on the first day of ...

The race is on for the Durango School District Board of Education (Herald, Aug. 10). Seats currently held by Erika Brown, Rick Petersen and Andrea Parmenter are up for grabs in the Nov. 4 election, an...

Like sunburns and mosquito swarms, the Special Legislative Session has become an unpleasant seasonal tradition in Colorado, courtesy of Gov. Jared Polis’ restless pen. For the third year in a row, the...

Aubrey Plaza has described her grief over husband Jeff Baena’s death, likening it to “a giant ocean of awfulness.” The actor spoke on the podcast ‘’Good Hang with Amy Poehler,” telling her former ...

CAIRO (AP) — When Ahlam Saeed awoke last month to the sound of gunfire and roaring vehicle motors, the 43-year-old widow rushed outside her home in war-torn Sudan to find a line of at least two dozen ...