Columnists - The Durango Herald

Bringing price relief and accountability to healthcare

It’s been a long, winding road since January 2018 when Local First received impassioned feedback at our annual meeting that the price of healthcare, and health insurance premiums in particul...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local First

The Other Four Corners: High in the San Juan National Forest four counties meet

Most everyone has been to the Four Corners Monument with its outdoor concrete patio and granite-and-bronze circle. Tourists sprawl in contorted positions to get both hands and both feet in e...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Inside constellation Lyra, scope out a double-double

Greetings, Stargazers. As I write this, we have just finished a much-needed monsoon week. But today the clouds are gone, and the afternoon temperature is back into the 90s. It de...

DATE: Aug 8, 2020 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Why we are still planning our December event, and why it matters

I hope you are familiar with the annual Festival of Trees event by Community Connections. If not, I will offer you a quick rundown: Dozens of local businesses, organizations and individuals ...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Move prompts friend to reveal feelings

Dear Abby: I have been in love with my best friend for two years. We met at a summer camp where we were both working and we hated each other in the beginning. During the process of worki...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

David Brooks: Nonconformity must have a future; we need it

Like other realms, American intellectual life has been marked by a series of exclusions. The oldest and vastest was the exclusion of people of color from the commanding institutio...

DATE: Aug 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Tim Birchard never stops the music

Write, record and release. That’s the pattern for local musician Tim Birchard, a pattern he’s followed for the past decade or so with regards to his music career – “career” being a loose ter...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Worker’s guilt remains 40 years later

Dear Abby: About 40 years ago, I did someone an injustice, and I have felt guilty ever since. I worked for a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., that fired an accounting clerk who was i...

DATE: Aug 6, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Pandemic escape: Sharing public lands during COVID-19

I, like many of you, have been connecting more than ever via social media in order to fill the void left by lack of real interaction. But some of the things I read make me wonder if we have ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Reduce your food bill and eat healthy with these thrifty tips

For the sixth week in a row, I’ve left the grocery store with a touch of sticker shock. The first few occasions, I blamed it on the purchase of higher-priced items you need only ...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Nourishing yourself and your community

When we think about nourishing ourselves, we usually think about what we’re eating or how much we are exercising. We don’t often dive more deeply into the finer points of nutritio...

DATE: Aug 5, 2020 | CATEGORY: Nourishing Morsels

Dad feels helpless to mend teen’s crisis

Dear Abby: My 14-year-old daughter recently came out of the closet, and it has made my husband and me quite upset. She says she is “bicurious, pansexual and polyamorous.” She now insists...

DATE: Aug 4, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

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.