Columnists - The Durango Herald

Siblings take different approach to mom

DEAR ABBY: Our mom just turned 100, and she is in good health. I threw a big birthday celebration to honor this amazing woman. My brother and I were adopted as infants. She gave us a fabulou...

DATE: Apr 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Hike for your health

Now that the weather is warming up, so is the drive and desire to enjoy it. If you are working to drop those extra pounds, spring is the perfect time to get outside and move your body. What ...

DATE: Apr 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Strength in Well-being

Focus on ‘surgical’ solution to ‘gotcha’ litigation

As is, HB 1259 like ‘burning down house to roast a pig’

DATE: Apr 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Ex is still negative influence

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I were married 21 years ago. Since then, she has admitted to cheating with 10 different men. Each time, I stayed with her, hoping she’d change. I finally left 3½ years...

DATE: Apr 25, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

What if the City Council candidates had tied?

Dear Action Line: I’m guessing this came up at some point during the recent Durango City Council election vote counting. What happens if there’s a tie? It’s of course incredibly unlikely...

DATE: Apr 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

‘Better if we work together’

The recent guest column by George Sharpe of Merrion Oil & Gas with the headline, “No evidence people living near wells in danger,” only serves to further divide Colorado communities and thei...

DATE: Apr 23, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Friend frets as woman become wife No. 3

DEAR ABBY: My best friend, “Laura,” had an affair with a married man for 20 years. He had been married twice before, and both wives died. He’s only 50, so I find it odd that both of his prev...

DATE: Apr 22, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Grieving partner wrestles with loss

DEAR ABBY: We were a male couple in our 70s, together for 21 years, before my husband, “Charles,” died of COPD three weeks ago. For more than four years, I watched his health and quality of ...

DATE: Apr 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Talia Keys has never forgotten Durango

Durango was one of the first cities to give Talia Keys a chance. Approaching the music business like a door-to-door salesperson, the Salt Lake City-based singer-songwriter’s career started b...

DATE: Apr 20, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

A historic musical merger

After more than two decades of organizing, and sponsoring a multitude of concerts and festivals, searching out, cajoling, persuading and convincing top-notch musicians to participate, and cr...

DATE: Apr 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Boebert: ‘Science is clear, gray wolf is fully recovered’

I’ve witnessed the devastation farmers and ranchers face due to wolf attacks. People in the Denver suburbs do not understand wolf attacks. They only see images filtered through the media of ...

DATE: Apr 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Longtime friendship broken by act

DEAR ABBY: I am heartbroken over the loss of my best friend of more than 30 years. “Barb” and I met in college. We live and are raising our families in the same city and are godmothers to ea...

DATE: Apr 19, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby