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Patrick Crossing hosts Celtic gathering

Think back 14 months or so to the last social event you attended before the pandemic forced closures. For many, it was Durango’s Celtic Music Festival, the annual March gathering that featur...

DATE: May 27, 2021 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Kitten season is upon us: Here’s what you need to know

During the spring and summer months, La Plata County Humane Society sees an influx of kittens that require round-the-clock care from dedicated fosters. This year, we are expecting to care fo...

DATE: May 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Humane Society

The heavy hitters in the ’dirty food’ world

If you want to feed your body healthier food, you can simplify it even beyond the games of balancing calories and macronutrients (amounts of protein, fat, and carbohydrates). The first best ...

DATE: May 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Lodgers tax isn’t funding sustainability

Initiative 1A, the increased lodgers tax, was pitched as a move toward sustainable tourism. In fact, it is anything but. The new law doubles the budget to $2 million for Visit Durango to at...

DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Good Sam crime reporter meets online barrier

Dear Action Line: I was instructed to report instances of graffiti in Durango through an online form. So I did. However, the form has some “required fields.” These include race, ethnicit...

DATE: May 24, 2021 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Commitment required for final push in pandemic marathon

It has been said that complacency is the enemy of progress. This is no less true in public and personal health than it is in our corporate culture and professional lives. It especially hold...

DATE: May 23, 2021 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

With freedom comes great responsibility

Emerging, transitioning and evolving are all words used to describe how we might be feeling these days, or as I like to say, “as we come out of our COVID cocoons.” I want to thank San Juan B...

DATE: May 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Durango’s “dirty little secret”

I read with immense sadness the article in the Herald about the 17-year-old boy who died from a fentanyl overdose one week shy of his 18th birthday. I think I can speak on behalf of all of ...

DATE: May 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Don Coram: The race to wind up the legislative session

With three weeks left in the session, the Senate exercise seems to be gaining momentum – that is, flying off the handle and jumping to conclusions. We have had three highly debated bills si...

DATE: May 22, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Sibling still wrestles with lingering effects of abuse

DEAR ABBY: I had a horrible childhood with a mean mother who berated and took her issues out on me. I also had an older brother who enjoyed making fun of me and embarrassed me in front o...

DATE: May 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Who knew the Supreme Court would address abortion so soon?

Few expected it to happen quite so quickly. Most thought this version of the Roberts court, with the recent additions of Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett, might tread softly before making the...

DATE: May 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Colorado can lead in making outdoors accessible to all

There are many lessons to be learned from the pandemic, a relentless virus that in its wake exposed stark inequalities in our nation. Neighborhoods in Colorado with the worst pollution, poor...

DATE: May 21, 2021 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

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.