Columnists

Trail Crew Brew to launch Thursday

The Earth Day celebration will include the launch of the new Ska beer Trail Crew Brew. Participants can take part…

April 17, 2021

Durango Home & Ranch Show to take place

The show will feature experts in home improvement, building, decorating, landscaping, household items, technology for the home or business, remodeling…

April 17, 2021

Dear Abby

Distance tests strength of engagement

We are both in the military, and we have maintained this relationship well. But there was a time before we…

April 16, 2021

Guest Columns

Susan Atkinson: Carbon pricing is key to halting climate change

Susan Atkinsondu1-i-syn There is a ray of hope on the horizon: growing support for putting a price on carbon. This…

April 16, 2021

Downtown Lowdown

Terry Rickard, Durango’s jukebox

If you’ve bellied up to the bar in any Durango watering holes over the last 25 years, you’ve likely seen…

April 15, 2021

Dear Abby

Accusations fly after friend gets COVID-19

I had been home for eight days and saw her on a Friday. The next Wednesday I felt sick, so…

April 15, 2021

Guest Columns

Charles Blow: White supremacists fear “white replacement”

du1-i-syn As Carlson put it: “I know that the left and all the gatekeepers on Twitter become literally hysterical if…

April 15, 2021

Guest Columns

Denise Fort: Water can be wrung out too much

Denise Fortdu1-i-syn But when Western cities grow, they look everywhere for more water, with little regard for the rivers they…

April 15, 2021

Guest Columns

Benjamin Bellorado: Bears Ears murals, rock art, textiles deserve protection

Benjamin Belloradodu1-i-syn While hiking in the area, people experience the thrill of discovery when they reach a cliff dwelling, a…

April 13, 2021

Dear Abby

Mother-daughter fight leads to threats

My friend struggled her whole life but got a college degree, bought a house five years ago and owns two…

April 13, 2021

Guest Columns

Mark Hillman: How I came to respect centrists

Mark Hillmandu1-i-syn That’s how I’ve tended to view political moderates – especially those in my own party. As a 30-something…

April 13, 2021

Guest Columns

Mario Nicolais: There’s little hope for centrists, moderates

Mario Nicolaisdu1-i-syn But one critique in particular jumped out at me. A member of the Bernie-Sanders-Left berated me as a…

April 13, 2021

Guest Columns

David Brooks: The Heart and Soul of the Biden Project

David Brooksdu1-i-syn Here we are again, one of those moments when we take a leap, a gamble, beckoned by the…

April 12, 2021

Action Line

Plate question: An old-timer or just a scofflaw?

This person may indeed be a “pioneer,” but he or she still needs a valid license plate.Courtesy Dear Longtymer: Ha.…

April 12, 2021

Gulliford's Travels

Tale of a transferred transfer station: Talking trash in San Juan County, Utah

The town of Bluff, Utah, is without a transfer station to deposit trash before it is hauled to the San…

April 11, 2021

Guest Columns

Jamelle Bouie: If it’s not Jim Crow, what is it?

Jamelle Bouie. Earl Wilsondu1-i-syn I raise this because of a debate among politicians and partisans on whether Georgia’s new election…

April 11, 2021

Guest Columns

Soleil Gaylord: Western monarchs suffer catastrophic decline

Soleil Gaylorddu1-i-syn One of those insects slated for evanescence is the ochre-winged, enigmatic, magnificent monarch butterfly that has so captured…

April 11, 2021

What's Up Downtown

COVID-19 vaccines and rewards

The Durango Business Improvement District offers another opportunity this coming Monday. BID applied to the Colorado Department of Public Health…

April 10, 2021

What's up in Durango Skies

Spring is galaxy season

For many amateur astronomers with small telescopes, spring is galaxy season. At any moderately dark site, which includes most of…

April 10, 2021

Guest Columns

Aaron Kindle and Jason Keith: Improve bonding for orphaned oil, gas wells

Aaron Kindledu1-i-syn If nature is to persist for future generations, we must all work together to make that happen. But…

April 10, 2021

Community Voices

Smith family grateful to Aspen Tree Veterinary

Dobby got sick very quickly and they did all in their power to turn his symptoms around. When it came…

April 10, 2021

Community Voices

Summit Church to host Native Hope food and supply drive

The drive-thru collection will accept nonperishable food and cleaning supply donations to be delivered to families on the Navajo Nation.…

April 10, 2021

Community Voices

Heart Safe La Plata offers classes

Private business classes for groups of six to nine people, and remote classes for groups and individuals are also available.…

April 10, 2021

Creating Community

The world could use more people like Edith Prentiss

Kienedu1-i-syn On March 28, 2021, The New York Times reported the tragic death of Edith Prentiss at the age of…

April 10, 2021