Columnists - The Durango Herald

Taking right and wrong off the table

In the bakery department of a grocery store last week, a woman walked up to select a freshly baked cookie from the mouth-watering selection of items. She whispered to me conspiratorially, “I...

DATE: Oct 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Nourishing Morsels

Tap into your ‘built in’ stress-reducing system

Halloween is just a few short weeks away, and this marks the official kick-off of the 2022 holiday season. For many, just thinking about the holidays can bring about a mix of excitement and ...

DATE: Oct 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Man refuses to confront friend who assaulted wife

DEAR ABBY: My husband’s best friend groped my privates several years ago at a party. It was traumatizing. I have never forgotten how abused and dirty it made me feel. I told my husband about...

DATE: Oct 11, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Did the county once have a “poor farm”?

Dear Action Line: Years ago, a city employee told me that the old, brick building at 13 Bacus was once the county “Poor House.” It looks like it’s apartments now. Do you know the history...

DATE: Oct 10, 2022 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Touring the Grand Circle: A report from national parks in the Southwest

This fall, I have a sabbatical from teaching history at Fort Lewis College to research and write about public lands. Sixty years ago, Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall proposed a “Gra...

DATE: Oct 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

‘Serving as People’s Lawyer’

As Colorado’s attorney general, I am committed to serving as the People’s Lawyer. My job is to defend Colorado citizens from those who violate their rights, improve public safety and our cri...

DATE: Oct 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Do you feel safer today?’

“Do you feel safer today than you did four years ago?” That’s the question everyone has to answer this November when casting a ballot in the attorney general’s race. Our current attorney gen...

DATE: Oct 8, 2022 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Holidays far from happy for family

DEAR ABBY: With the holidays approaching, I am starting to become anxious. I have a family member who ruins every holiday she doesn’t have control over. (She excludes some family members.) M...

DATE: Oct 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Calabacitas: Fall vegetables make a favorite family meal

Even if you don’t love cooking, I bet you have at least one family recipe you make periodically. You make it because it’s delicious, or because it reminds you of something or someone special...

DATE: Oct 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Andromeda visible in northeastern sky

Greetings stargazers. Andromeda is one of the 88 modern constellations that was likely known and named long before it appeared on Ptolemy’s list in the second century CE. But my experience ...

DATE: Oct 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Forest Ambassadors end second successful season

In Durango, the shift from summer to autumn brings warmer layers out of the closet, plans for desert season and a rush to behold the aspens before their leaves fall. At the San Juan Mountain...

DATE: Oct 7, 2022 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Skerryvore brings combo of rock, Celtic music

Skerryvore is band with a great identity crisis. Call them a rock band with a Celtic-music habit, or a Celtic band with a rock-music habit, the Scotland-based group walks a fine-line between...

DATE: Oct 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Photos: Thousands take to the streets for ‘No Kings’ march and rally in Durango

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.