Columnists - The Durango Herald

Man’s mental health clouds vision

Dear Abby: I recently started dating again after ending a very difficult marriage. To say I am guarding my heart for fear of getting hurt would be an understatement. I have m...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Summer concerts in your backyard

The uninvited guest – COVID-19 – that refuses to leave the party continues to darken summer plans and summer traditions everywhere. Durango, of course, is not void of this unwant...

DATE: Jun 25, 2020 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Ernest House and Tom Stritikus: Caricatures of Natives do not fit with our values

The clocktower is one the most distinguishing features of the Fort Lewis College campus. When visitors and students walk through it, they are greeted by images that stand in stark...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The link between your food and your mood

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, depression is one of the most common mental disorders in the United States. It’s also the leading cause of disability in the ...

DATE: Jun 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Women’s attraction to man complicated

Dear Abby: My friend “Lauren” and her husband separated for a few months last summer. During the separation, she had a short fling with my friend “Zack,” whom she met at my house. Lauren...

DATE: Jun 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

How would James Madison handle an epidemic of selfish jerkiness?

Dear Action Line: What gives regarding the disregard some folks feel about wearing masks to reduce COVID-19 transmission in their communities? Is it really a fear of losing some constitution...

DATE: Jun 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Carbon capture technology is an elusive dream

Our region took a major step toward a cleaner energy future recently when New Mexico regulators gave Public Service Co. of New Mexico approval to retire the coal-fired San Juan Generating St...

DATE: Jun 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green

Bret Stephens: The intellectual cowardice of my New York Times

The recent decision by It is a violation of the principles that are supposed to sustain the profession, particularly our obligation to give readers a picture of the world as it really is. ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Michelle Goldberg: Surprise! Justice on LGBT rights from Gorsuch

The new season of my favorite television show, “The Good Fight,” begins with the heroine, feminist lawyer Diane Lockhart, awakening in what seems at first like a giddy alternative reality in...

DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Here’s something ‘pawsitive’

Thankfully, your Durango Chamber office is slowly emerging from our “Covid Cocoons” and we are available by appointment. Yes, with social distancing, facial covers, etc. – but bei...

DATE: Jun 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Would-be vacationers approach summer travel cautiously

How bad is the fear of travel right now? So bad that even people in the travel industry are staying home. Annie Gofus, a Washington, D.C., travel agent who founded the site Wunder...

DATE: Jun 19, 2020 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Rob Webster: ‘It’s a constant hustle’

Rob Webster is the town’s jukebox. The local musician, who has been playing out and about locally as a solo performer for about the past 12 years, has amassed a catalog in his he...

DATE: Jun 18, 2020 | 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.