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Canyons of the Ancients celebrates 25 years

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Encompassing 178,000 acres of public land west of Cortez, the Monument was created on ...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Culture drinks strategy through a boba straw

Peter Drucker famously said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” That’s still true, but let’s update it for today’s world. Strategy still matters, but culture? Culture drinks strategy thr...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Celebrating 20 years of The Infamous Stringdusters

Happy 20th birthday to the Grammy-winning progressive bluegrass band The Infamous Stringdusters. And a way to do up 20 years as a band is to play a festival with a load of your festival and ...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Seasonal soup ready for close-up

DEAR ABBY: Years ago, I purchased your recipe booklet that had a very good recipe for gazpacho (no oil in the recipe). I no longer have that booklet. Could you print the gazpacho recipe? Als...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Charter schools in Durango provide valuable choices for students and families

When I moved to Southwest Colorado five years ago, I had some concerns about charter schools. I had accepted an AmeriCorps position to serve at Pagosa Peak Open School, a K-eight charter sch...

DATE: May 14, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

GLP-1 drugs and weight loss: Helpful tool or magic bullet?

GLP-1 medications like semaglutide and tirzepatide have exploded in popularity, with millions of Americans turning to them for weight loss. But are they the magic bullet for sustainable resu...

DATE: May 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Celebrating our 2025 4-H Scholarship winners

The 4-H program is proud to recognize four outstanding youths who have been awarded this year’s 4-H scholarships. These young leaders have demonstrated hard work, dedication and a commitment...

DATE: May 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

What’s the future of Robert E. DeNier?

Dear Action Line, Some of us have been around long enough to remember when the Robert E. DeNier building actually housed people in need of services. Since closing the youth center y...

DATE: May 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Action Line

My mom jeans are Wranglers; what’s your superpower?

Thank you to all rodeo moms for all you do

DATE: May 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Sports

Roses, rollators and the right words at the right time

I’d noticed an elderly couple seated across from me during our group meeting. The man had an open manner about himself, a very cool “what you see is what you get” vibe. He was dressed Durang...

DATE: May 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Ex-wife pops up after 40 years

DEAR ABBY: When my first wife and I were in our early 20s, she left me for another man. It was difficult, but I worked through it, learned to trust again and remarried a few years later. Thi...

DATE: May 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

USAID is dead, and with it America’s standing in the world

Editor’s note: The Herald’s editorial board requested an update to “Closing USAID damages America’s image, ability to influence,” (Herald, Feb. 8) by Herb Bowman believing it would be of int...

DATE: May 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion