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Empowering women and girls through family planning leads to healthier lives

What if every woman in the world had access to her choice of safe, effective contraception? So far, this is a dream, but two programs are helping this dream come true. In the past, only memb...

DATE: Jan 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Joe Biden: What Americans should remember about Jan. 6

Jan. 6, 2025, s pecial to The Washington Post On this Jan. 6, order will be called. Clerks, staff and members of Congress will gather to certify the results of a free and fair presi...

DATE: Jan 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Filling 2025 with joy, not wasting a single healthy moment

As 2024 comes to an end and 2025 awakens, I find myself rehashing the past events and imagining the future. 2024 was a very difficult year for me as I spent a good chunk of it deeply and chr...

DATE: Jan 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Bumper Sticker of the Month (BSoM)

Thanks for all your submissions. This month’s choice was submitted by Julie Engelken. Please email your favorite bumper stickers to letters@durangoherald.com for a chance to be featured as B...

DATE: Jan 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Stepdaughter’s gift hurts feelings

DEAR ABBY: My stepdaughter “Annie” gave my husband a photo album of his life for his 80th birthday. The album included pictures of his parents and grandparents as well as photos from his fir...

DATE: Jan 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

The holidays are out, but the bills are in: Tips to help you save money

The holidays have ended, but one final gift remains. With perfect folds, this package is wrapped in paper as white as the snow blanketing the beautiful San Juan Mountains. You almost hate to...

DATE: Jan 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Taurus the bull and Orion the hunter

Greetings, stargazers. A prominent winter constellation is Taurus, the bull. It is particularly easy to find this month, because Jupiter is right in the middle of it. At magnitude -2.68, Jup...

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

A day in the life: Behind the scenes of a field trip adventure

Imagine stepping into a snow-covered forest, where every tree whispers stories of resilience, and the crunch of snowshoes underfoot is the only sound breaking the winter silence …and, oh yea...

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Utah’s potential land grab: A new fight for the West begins

Utah politicians seek to ignore the U.S. Constitution by claiming 18.5 million acres of your federal public land – most of it administered by the Bureau of Land Management. Utahans have ofte...

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Widower badgers late wife’s friends

DEAR ABBY: My friend of 30 years passed away two years ago. Her husband, with whom I had a cordial relationship, has been calling me and other friends of his wife nonstop. He usually calls w...

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Blue Man Group: You do need drumming skills, though not be bald

If you haven’t yet experienced Blue Man Group, you need to figure out how to do so before they end their shows. This show is unlike anything you have ever seen. It is made up of three nonve...

DATE: Jan 10, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

We can do better addressing gender disparities in disabilities

Does gender impact disability? It’s an interesting, complicated question that is finally being asked and more than we can completely unpack in a few paragraphs. But the simple answer is “yes...

DATE: Jan 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

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