Columnists - The Durango Herald

Stewardship helps promote healthy ecosystems

We are coming out of a rainy spring in the San Juans. The monsoons are already here, and with them, the strong winds carry aromas, revolve the leaves and also increase our curiosity to explo...

DATE: Jul 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

What does budget reconciliation bill mean for people with disabilities in Colorado?

By now, you are likely aware that the Budget Resolution Bill passed both chambers of Congress and has been signed into law by President Donald Trump. What has been termed the “Big Beautiful ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

The summer of the nebulae

Greetings, stargazers. Emission nebulae are the subject of many of the most spectacular astrophotographs published in the last decade. Although there are many subcategories of nebulae, they ...

DATE: Jul 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

If you pay attention, nature’s shows are always better than human-made

I have lived in Colorado for 42 years now, 37 of those in Durango after an initial five-year stop in Colorado Springs. Not a native, but not bad. We’ve all heard of people in Durango who wer...

DATE: Jul 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Parents won’t take ‘no’ for an answer

DEAR ABBY: I have suspected for many years that my son is gay. I don’t understand why he would feel he can’t talk to me about his relationships. I would love him regardless. Everything was f...

DATE: Jul 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Searching for ways to save money? Get thrifty

Perhaps you’ve heard the story of Fenn’s treasure. A million dollars in gold, hidden somewhere in the Rockies, by Forrest Fenn, a Santa Fe art dealer. Fenn’s treasure was eventually found, b...

DATE: Jul 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Ryan Cassata: Songwriting fuels the fire

Concerts don’t need to be hosted in traditional venues. While both performers and concertgoers alike have done what they can to play in or see shows in legendary rooms like Cain’s Ballroom o...

DATE: Jul 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

A note on history: Paying for the beneficial public services that individuals and states cannot provide

Fellow citizens and working-class taxpayers, we have watched several financial crises unfold that the government has helped solve, all being paid for by us. As we watched the powers in Washi...

DATE: Jul 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

New friendship puts marriage on rocks

DEAR ABBY: I am 57 and have been married for 32 years to my husband, who retired from his full-time job last year. I still work full time. Since his retirement, he has been going to a bar on...

DATE: Jul 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

I don’t go downtown in summer

Many times in my 12 years of running the Durango Business Improvement District I have been told by my fellow locals that they avoid downtown in the summer because it is just too crowded. It ...

DATE: Jul 8, 2025 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

On hospitals and Nissan dealerships

Dear Action Line, Just wondering when the new surgical center at Mercy Hospital is going to open. The new building has been sitting empty for months. It looks completely finished do...

DATE: Jul 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line