Columnists - The Durango Herald

Get your costumes ready for ‘Things that go BUMP’

With the first month of school behind us, we’re rolling full steam ahead with an impressive array of cultural items for your enjoyment. First up is an event I mentioned last mont...

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

Neighbors: Durango Heritage Celebration has Hollywood theme

The Durango Heritage Celebration has explored the community’s Victorian legacy, gone down with the Titanic, visited Greenmount Cemetery where the dead “talked” and solved a murder mystery or...

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Hands-only CPR can save lives: Are you ready?

Imagine you witness an adult suddenly collapse, become unresponsive and stop breathing. What would you do? Do you know cardio-pulmonary resuscitation? Do you feel comfortable eno...

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Neighbors: Endowment brings party to honors teachers

Roberta Barr was a force of nature in Durango School District 9-R for more than 40 years, beginning her career in the one-room Falfa and Hermosa schools and ending it as the principal of not...

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Make your financial success automatic

Most people will tell you a budget is the key to financial success. They’re wrong. Without a system to manage your budget, you are forced to rely on willpower and self-discipline,...

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Is ice food?

We were having a barbecue, so I went to the store and got some ice for the cooler. As I poured out the cubes, I noticed this label on the bag saying “Ice Is Food” and another label listing t...

DATE: Sep 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Neighbors: A celebration of 100 years

Take time to wish these folks happy birthday as they celebrate their Libra birthdays – although I recently read the zodiac signs have changed because of a difference in the way the earth spi...

DATE: Sep 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

It’s important to come home to a great landing

During the Parade of Homes weekend, when Durango’s builders and homeowners graciously open their doors to looky-loos from far and wide, I get excited. Why, you ask? Well, quite a...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Travel brochures’ small print can make a big difference

The National Trust Tours brochure for its upcoming Odyssey of Ancient Civilizations – a seven-night cruise through Italy, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania and Greece – advertises an “all-inclusi...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Our ‘spiritual’ insect friend, the praying mantis

While walking around Hawkins Preserve in Cortez on a recent morning, I happened upon an insect that is letting itself be seen more this time of year. I managed to carefully scoop her (or him...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Neighbors: 9/11 events raise money for DAC, first responders

By Ann Butler Neighbors Columnist As a professional partygoer, there’s nothing I hate more than hearing, “This was one of the best events I ever attended,” about an eve...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

What is the best solution for reducing carbon dioxide emissions?

It began in April 2007 with a U.S. Supreme Court case, Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, in which 12 states and several cities brought a lawsuit against the EPA to force the ...

DATE: Sep 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman