Columnists

Dear Abby

Man has long endured insults from wife

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 50-year-old man, married for 17 years with two kids. I have a mostly good marriage, but…

July 27, 2024

Shelf Life

Libraries can be a valuable buttress during life’s storms

Recently, a friend of mine gave a motivational speech in which she compared what bison (American Buffalo) do and what…

July 26, 2024

Opinion

‘Joys of long marriage how personal, pragmatic moosh together’

Gail Collins<br><br>(CREDIT: Earl Wilson/The New York Times)du1-i-syn My husband, Dan Collins, died this month because of COVID-19 and pneumonia. By…

July 26, 2024

Dear Abby

Mom uses social media to disparage kids

DEAR ABBY: My mother is toxic. She had a terrible childhood, and she takes it out on me and my…

July 25, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Bar D Wranglers serve up music, comedy

The Bar D Wrangler’s Chuckwagon was featured on pages C1 and C2 of Saturday’s The New York Times.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald…

July 24, 2024

Opinion

Mountain bikes and wilderness: ‘Must we get everything in the outdoors?’

cca “Something will have gone out of us as a people if we ever let the remaining wilderness be destroyed.”…

July 24, 2024

Dear Abby

Room assignments unclear for ‘throuple’

DEAR ABBY: My 25-year-old son lives with his two girlfriends, who are also romantically involved with each other. They share…

July 23, 2024

Action Line

Action Line’s e-bike trail primer

Harrison Crum rides his new e-bike on Thursday. He was able to buy the bike thanks in part to a…

July 22, 2024

Sports

No time can mean the best time

Time in rodeo and life is what you make of it

July 21, 2024

Opinion

‘Far better ways to gather, sort’ mustangs

cca An enduring symbol, the mustang, symbolizes the largely mythological vision of the West as a place that is wild…

July 21, 2024

Dear Abby

Dad’s new wife offers sketchy advice

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I had a baby right around the time my father remarried. I didn’t know my…

July 20, 2024

Guest Columns

When the cards you’re dealt aren’t great, hedge your bets

During the growing season of 2021, things got a little dicey here in Southwest Colorado. The winter prior, snow levels…

July 19, 2024

Thinking Green

Advocates urge Dolores River review

Before the completion of McPhee Dam in 1984, the Dolores River was prized for its whitewater recreation. River advocates called…

July 19, 2024

What's up in Durango Skies

Learning about the Milky Way

Greetings, stargazers. The Milky Way is a barred-spiral galaxy about 100,000 light years in diameter, but only about 1,000 light…

July 19, 2024

Columnists

Our schools are shabby here, across the nation

Facilities Director Jonathan Morgan points out an old Roof Top Unit for temperature control and aged asphalt tile on top…

July 19, 2024

From the Humane Society

Your dog is talking, are you listening?

Humans often rely on verbal communication, but to truly understand our dogs, we must learn to interpret their nonverbal cues.…

July 19, 2024

Dear Abby

Troubling memories about dad haunt daughter

DEAR ABBY: When I was young and even as I grew older, my father touched me inappropriately. It made me…

July 19, 2024

Opinion

Beware of ‘effort to gut our public school system’

cca As Shane Voss appropriately noted in The Durango Herald and The Journal on June 28, state politicians continue to…

July 19, 2024

Opinion

‘Hypocrites pretend to love neighbor next to them in pew’

cca The devils of despotism have come out of the closet in America. We now know that many Americans have…

July 19, 2024

Downtown Lowdown

Music in the Mountains presents ‘Satchmo Scattin’ & Swingin’’

Music is a gift. If presented well, it’s one of the greatest gifts you can receive, and the Music in…

July 17, 2024

What's Up Downtown

Affordable, convenient, available parking downtown this summer

The headline for this article sounds like a fairy tale, right? I am here to tell you that it is…

July 17, 2024

Opinion

‘What does our money say about us?’

cca Any nation’s money says something about that nation. For one, a nation’s currency is broadly linked with its economic…

July 17, 2024

Opinion

Guides offer tips from ‘trips that did not go well’

Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff What fun: You’re going on a guided outdoor trip. As you get ready, here are some tips…

July 17, 2024

Dear Abby

Son feels like the only adult

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been having an issue lately involving my mother. It feels like she isn’t really my “mother” but…

July 16, 2024