Columnists - The Durango Herald

Women’s sports in spotlight ‘only 52 years after Title IX’

Girls and Women’s sport is having a moment. Attendance records are being set. New stars are emerging. Participation is up. And it’s only 52 years after Title IX, the federal civil rights law...

DATE: Jun 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The play’s the thing

The 10-minute play phenomenon has swept the country. Last week, if festivals in Durango and Albuquerque prove anything, the short-form theatrical evening is here to stay. The Durango Arts Ce...

DATE: Jun 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Overcoming dieting frustrations: Navigating common struggles

Diet overwhelm is all too common: the lack of results, the difficulty of adhering to restricted eating plans, social pressures (welcome summer!), and emotional eating struggles all play a ro...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

Finding balance in your eating habits, not fads

The potential for diet overwhelm is real, and common struggles of unsatisfying results, difficulty of adhering to restricted eating plans, social pressures (welcome summer!) and emotional ea...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Healing Nutrition

San Juan Brewfest tickets on sale

The Durango Business Improvement District is proud to partner with United Way of Southwest Colorado every year to manage the San Juan Brewfest. The Brewfest is a beer-tasting festival with l...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Wife prepares to run off with best man

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to “George” for 35 years. I was pregnant when I married. We had dated only five months. We came from families that believed you had to “do the right thing” and...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Hotel Draw: Playing music for the sake of playing music

Making music is fun. At least it is for members of local band Hotel Draw. While they don’t perform with the regularity as other local bands, they’ve been one of the sleeper bands at the last...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

McCrackin has a close eye on how federal government ‘spent our money’

Curtis McCrackin of Cedaredge, a former general contractor now in real estate, said some guys read the sports page. He prefers economic and political news, particularly how the federal gover...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Webb says U.S. economy being ‘destroyed intentionally’ by government

Lew Webb of Durango calls himself a “common sense patriot” and uses the words of the Founding Fathers, “we the people,” often. Webb, who sold a family auto dealership in California that empl...

DATE: Jun 12, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Above 160: Why does this fence need a gate?

Dear Action Line: I love the wildlife crossing on U.S. Highway 160 between Durango and Pagosa Springs. It would be so nice to have a few more of these to prevent roadkill and facilitate ...

DATE: Jun 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Column: It’s judgment time for Fort Lewis’ Travis Whipple

Skyhawks’ coaching has almost all been hired by Whipple

DATE: Jun 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Sports

‘Study after study, same message: Protect the Dolores’

On Jan. 3, 1975, then President Gerald Ford signed Public Law 93-621 that amended the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to include an accelerated study of 100 rivers across the nation, and make rec...

DATE: Jun 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion