Columnists

Credit card benefits for travelers are vanishing – what can you do?

Among the biggest recent cuts: Discover deleted several key benefits for travelers, including purchase protection, auto rental insurance and flight…

February 10, 2020

Action Line

It’s up to the locals to create Follies humor

“Roommate Life Hacks” entertain the 2020 Snowdown Follies crowd at the Durango Arts Center.Jerry McBride/Durango Herald file Comedy is seriously…

February 10, 2020

Creating Community

Despite increased knowledge, myths about autism continue

Kienedu1-i-syn Is it: A) a cold, unfeeling mother; B) childhood immunizations; C) genes; or D) an overexposure to the TV…

February 8, 2020

Guest Columns

Kara Chadwick: Land exchange would acquire critical elk and deer habitat

Land exchanges are a way to acquire land on behalf of the public that has important natural and recreational resources.…

February 8, 2020

The Tourism Effect

Coopetition is a movement, not a buzz word

According to Oxford, coopetition is defined as “collaboration between business competitors, in the hope of mutually beneficial results.” The word…

February 8, 2020

Gulliford's Travels

A failed attempt to remove the Southern Utes to San Juan County, Utah

Over a century ago, Durango businessmen actively campaigned to remove the Southern Utes to San Juan County, Utah. Most of…

February 8, 2020

What's up in Durango Skies

Deep-sky astrophotography requires accurate focus, tracking

Last month, I began describing a typical night of remote astrophotography, covering opening the dome, cooling the camera and pointing…

February 8, 2020

Durango Nature Studies

This new symbiotic relationship between nonprofits will enhance our world

That is the example we use in our fourth grade winter adaptation program with the Clark’s nutcracker and the ponderosa…

February 8, 2020

Dear Abby

Record opens boyfriend up to judgment

Maybe I’m stupid for not being judgmental, but he’s a good person who has served his time for his crimes,…

February 7, 2020

Flies & Lies

In search of the Gray Ghost

I started by asking She Who Must Be Obeyed (SWMBO) if she’d like to go the Bahamas. Needless to say,…

February 7, 2020

Columnists

Collaborative solutions for complex problems

Uzuniandu1-i-syn How do we as a community balance these two realities? On one hand, from a historical perspective, people are…

February 7, 2020

Dear Abby

Teen in bad situation resists help

Dear At A Loss: The lessons we teach others don’t always have to be verbal. One way would be to…

February 6, 2020

Downtown Lowdown

Sue Coulter: State bluegrass royalty

Bluegrass is different. Nine out of 10 times when a professional touring bluegrass musician comes off the stage, that musician…

February 6, 2020

From the Extension Office

Three couples share what’s behind a successful relationship

For some, a chance meeting leads to a strong, mutual desire to nourish the relationship. We often call this power…

February 6, 2020

Guest Columns

Farhad Manjoo: Stop pretending the single-family home is good

By the time I got to middle school, my immigrant family was able to afford a house with a yard…

February 6, 2020

Healing Nutrition

Eating for a healthy thyroid

Hypothyroidism is a condition where the thyroid gland cannot make enough of the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).…

February 5, 2020

Dear Abby

Man getting divorced mulls reunion

I’m now in the early stages of my second divorce because I am lonely in a marriage where there’s no…

February 4, 2020

From the Extension Office

Tips to successfully start your own plants this year

You know you are a gardener when you hoard the seed catalogs, grab a Sharpie and start circling everything you…

February 3, 2020

Action Line

Alleys have allies for old ugly sheds

Spring cleanup starts in early April, so there’s plenty of time to get in that “great old ugly shed” and…

February 3, 2020

From the State House

Rep. Barbara McLachlan: We want to encourage rural business

Though rural Colorado encompasses the majority of land in Colorado, its representation is only 20% of the Legislature. We need…

February 1, 2020

From the Chamber

Embrace the ‘P’ word

Yes, I’m referencing “politics.” Oh, I heard your collective moan, but I’m being serious here. We all are going to…

February 1, 2020

The Travel Troubleshooter

Facial-recognition technology stokes privacy concerns

“I didn’t show any form of picture ID, yet the machine that took the picture was able to recognize my…

January 31, 2020

Shelf Life

Library can help with census

Viningdu1-i-syn For the first time, people can respond to the census online or by phone as well as by paper…

January 31, 2020

Downtown Lowdown

Two nights of bluegrass with Lil Smokies

The bluegrass band, whose latest release, “Tornillo,” dropped last week, have recorded their two previous studio releases in their home-state…

January 31, 2020