Columnists - The Durango Herald

Wife’s natural hair color upsets husband

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been together for 16 years and have what I consider to be a happy marriage. My question concerns ongoing conversations we have been having about my hair colo...

DATE: Jan 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Tyrone Yazzie: A kind soul who chose the life he lived

As 2024 closes, we would like to pay tribute to a person who impacted us at Toh-Atin and many of our clients and friends. On Dec. 8, Tyrone Yazzie passed at a hospital in Colorado Springs. I...

DATE: Jan 4, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

We need to have our DNRs ready and available

Dying is difficult, we need to get our paperwork in order beforehand. Among the important directives we must all do before we die (living will, medical power of attorney, durable power of at...

DATE: Jan 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

2025 priorities: Health care access, tribal council collaboration, rural representation

With the start of the 2025 legislative session around the corner, I want to share an update on my work as your new state representative, as well as the bills I’ll be proposing this year. Ove...

DATE: Jan 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Embracing AI in schools: Teaching responsibility in a digital world

Artificial Intelligence may feel like a sci-fi buzzword, but it’s becoming part of everyday life – from voice assistants to online recommendations. With this rapid rise comes excitement and ...

DATE: Jan 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Community

New Public Health Department locations and radon month

The La Plata County Public Health Department will be moving to three new locations in Durango over the next few months. Most of our public health programs – such as environmental health, bir...

DATE: Jan 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Relative threatens to reveal secret

DEAR ABBY: I was raped by a family member and, because of special circumstances, told no one except one other family member, who I swore to secrecy. She recently got mad at me because of my ...

DATE: Jan 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

A note on history: Improving our system does not mean tearing it down

It was thought provoking to read David Brooks’ “The moral challenge of Trumpism” (Herald, Dec. 1). For quite a while, Brooks has presented well-developed, understandable perspectives from th...

DATE: Jan 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Safety Meeting opens for Kyle Hollingsworth

They’re a harmony heavy band. While there are loads of Durango-based bands that are thick with vocal harmonies, which includes bluegrass bands to the barbershoppers, for Safety Meeting, a lo...

DATE: Jan 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Hope and health for New Year

DEAR READERS: Welcome to 2025. A New Year has arrived; the last one is safely behind us. As always, this New Year brings with it our hopes for a new beginning. Today presents an opportunity ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Husband’s secret life still kept under wraps

DEAR ABBY: A year ago, I found out my husband has been cheating on me with multiple women for more than a decade and kept two of his conquests for that entire time. He also sent all our savi...

DATE: Dec 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

‘It’s what we do’: Salt of the earth Durangoans exemplars for all

A relative newcomer to Durango, I’m learning my way around, making little trips around town and getting a feel for everyday life. Take the other day, for instance. My first stop was nearby, ...

DATE: Dec 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns