Columnists

Land exchange threatens roadless area, wild rivers

A private ranch wants to acquire adjacent national forest roadless lands and river frontage and proposes to trade a remote…

December 21, 2019

Creating Community

We are blessed by the generosity of our community

An excellent example was our recent Festival of Trees event at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad. Much appreciation…

December 21, 2019

Dear Abby

Husband keeps close tabs on wife

The other issue is, since she OD’d, he keeps track of all her online spending and personal emails (he has…

December 20, 2019

From the Humane Society

Time to move away from management devices that control

La Plata County Humane Society At an open-admission humane society like we have in Durango, we see all types of…

December 20, 2019

Guest Columns

Julie Gorte: Tri-State needs to lead on cleaner energy

As an investment professional based in Colorado, I have been closely following how the energy landscape is changing right here…

December 20, 2019

The Travel Troubleshooter

A closer look can expose a travel deal too good to be true

Greenberg, who owns an insurance agency in Scottsdale, Arizona, was going to fly to Puerto Rico to take a Christmas…

December 20, 2019

Downtown Lowdown

Records of 2019: Part I – Nos. 10 to 6

Over the next two weeks, this column will highlight favorite records of 2019. Credentials to make the list include the…

December 19, 2019

Guest Columns

Jamelle Bouie: Why the ‘wokest’ candidates are the weakest

“Today’s progressivism is more or less a secular form of religion with its own high standards,” Matt Lewis, a conservative…

December 18, 2019

Strength in Well-being

Can alcohol be part of a healthy diet?

I often get asked if alcohol can be incorporated into a healthy diet. The answer is … it depends. If…

December 18, 2019

Action Line

Free spirits need to curb sign pilfering

Adobe stock image Sad are these dark days in which hordes of hoarders help themselves not only to the roadside…

December 16, 2019

Guest Columns

Bret Stephens: A Europe without American protection would be a disaster

There’s no reason they both can’t be right. The tone of the summit was set several weeks ago, when French…

December 15, 2019

Guest Columns

Dick White: Is growth really what we want?

Gary Wockner, who voted No on Proposition CC in November’s election (“I voted CC down”), cited concerns about ongoing population…

December 15, 2019

The Tourism Effect

Records on track to be set in 2019

Over the past 12 months, Visit Durango estimates 1.3 million visitors traveled to experience our region’s outdoor, historic and cultural…

December 14, 2019

Gulliford's Travels

Helper’s new riches: Utah railroad, coal mining town reinvents itself as artistic haven

I know what it is like to work in a railroad town. When I finished my doctorate in American history…

December 14, 2019

What's up in Durango Skies

Comet Borisov visits from outside solar system

It was only two years ago that the first confirmed interstellar object was identified passing through the solar system. The…

December 14, 2019

Thomas Friedman

Thomas Friedman: Iran is crushing freedom one country at a time

From the streets of Beirut to streets all across Iran, Middle Easterners are demanding to be treated as citizens with…

December 14, 2019

Dear Abby

Graduating couple faces breaking up

Almost certainly our relationship will have to be long distance for a year or two, and she has given me…

December 13, 2019

Stewards of the Land

What Wilderness with a capital W means?

Take a minute. Do you think of solitude or camaraderie? Of adventure or relaxation? Of wide-open spaces or deep down…

December 13, 2019

From the Mayor

Melissa Youssef: The most thoroughly vetted Durango budget in years

In council’s view, the budget should be directly linked to council’s established goals and should provide funding to achieve these…

December 13, 2019

Durango Nature Studies

Give the gift of time in nature this holiday season

If Noel Night was any indication, people have taken note of the narrow window and have been shopping with purpose.…

December 13, 2019

Downtown Lowdown

People We Know release new album

You have a loose configuration of people who get together to play music in a no-pressure environment with no concrete…

December 13, 2019

From the Extension Office

Ready to make the perfect cookie? Welcome to cookie chemistry 101

Once you get past the challenge of deciding on a style, you merely have to follow the recipe and out…

December 12, 2019

The Travel Troubleshooter

As passenger dissatisfaction soars, airline fines hit a historic low

Federal regulators insist they’re just doing their job and that the numbers represent an ebb in airline violations. But consumer…

December 12, 2019

Guest Columns

Michelle Goldberg: The thrilling shock of the movie ‘Queen & Slim’

“Queen & Slim” is about a black man and a black woman – we don’t learn their real names until…

December 11, 2019