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Five secret food combinations that increase energy, burn fat and heal your body

Many people eat well yet still struggle with low energy, stubborn weight or chronic inflammation. The issue is often not the quality of food choices but how those foods are combined. Nutriti...

DATE: Jan 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Food

Gaslit by free parking and fake snow?

Dear Action Line, Hey, I heard that parking is free again behind the Gaslight movie theater. Before I go park there, can you verify that’s true? What changed? Sincerely, A. Fre...

DATE: Jan 19, 2026 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Rules cut methane pollution across Colorado

A recent analysis of satellite data showed a substantial decline in methane emissions associated with oil and gas development in Colorado. The reduction correlated closely in time with the i...

DATE: Jan 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

La Plata County working to make land-use code more navigable for residents

Since the Land Use Code was adopted in 2020, La Plata County commissioners have consistently heard from residents, builders, agricultural operators, business owners and applicants who intera...

DATE: Jan 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Thank you, City Council, for careful review of ADU proposal

Thank you to the Durango City Council for taking the time to reconsider the proposal to relax lot-size requirements for detached Accessory Dwelling Units in Established Neighborhoods 2 (west...

DATE: Jan 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

A year to show up for local

As we enter a new year, many of us find ourselves reflecting on the months ahead and considering how we want to show up in our community. This is a natural moment to think about impact, abou...

DATE: Jan 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Local First

Neatnik’s patience nears its end

DEAR ABBY: I am neat and organized, but my wife is the opposite. She’s messy and disorganized. I knew it before we married, but we made a handshake deal that she’d make an effort to pick up ...

DATE: Jan 18, 2026 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What will your pet achieve in the new year?

As January comes to a close, it is a good time to reflect on our hopes for our dogs and cats in 2026. While many of us set goals for ourselves at the start of the year, it can also be helpfu...

DATE: Jan 16, 2026 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

Unsung heroines: How two women revolutionized access to reproductive health care

A woman came to me with a sad and perplexing story shortly after I began practicing obstetrics and gynecology. She was in her late 30s and had two or three children. She told me that she had...

DATE: Jan 16, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Relationship has withered on the vine

DEAR ABBY: I am a senior woman in great shape. I am active, and I have never had a problem attracting men. Five years ago, I married a man I had known for many years. We used to have a prett...

DATE: Jan 16, 2026 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Animal Soul ‘itching to release some music’

Local musician Anthony Braun was reared on killer music. Guitar player and musical director for local band Animal Soul, he was someone who had access to a collection of great LPs as a kid, l...

DATE: Jan 14, 2026 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

What reporting on three rural Western Colorado city councils has taught me

For the past year and a half, I’ve been reporting weekly on municipal government in three rural Western Colorado towns. Delta is the largest, at just under 10,000 people. Paonia has a popula...

DATE: Jan 14, 2026 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday