Columnists - The Durango Herald

On Earth Day, consider your role in planet’s health

Earth Day has focused on many things since its inception in 1970. When it began, there was very little concern on a political level about the perils of human impact on our plane...

DATE: Apr 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Durango Nature Studies

What’s Up Downtown?

Durango is home to approximately 200 annual events, with each one adding to the unique flavor of our wonderful town. The primary downtown-event season will get started this month with two of...

DATE: Apr 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

State-budget process complicated, and there’s lack of common sense

This week is budget week for the Colorado House of Representatives. The 2015-2016 $25 billion budget or “long bill,” – $9 billion of which is in the discretionary General Fund – was complete...

DATE: Apr 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Forleo turns 99 with a melody (or three)

Most of us get a mostly in tune and somewhat half-hearted “Happy Birthday” when it’s our day to shine. (Mostly because our friends aren’t all that comfortable with singing, not because they ...

DATE: Apr 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Ski pass has fewer blackouts and insurance for whiteouts

My husband and I are retired and buy weekday season passes at Purgatory. We purchase them in April for the early discount. The Purg website said weekday-pass blackout dates had been reduced ...

DATE: Apr 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: Action Line

If you smoke pot, there are consequences

Four percent of the world’s population has used marijuana in a given year, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, the lifetime prevalence of marijuana...

DATE: Apr 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Water conservation

S.W. Colo. needs ideas on smarter use

DATE: Apr 5, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Airline denies injured woman her Skycouch

Susan Crookall books an Air New Zealand Skycouch – three seats across in economy class – for the marathon flight from San Francisco to Auckland, New Zealand. When she doesn’t get it, she wan...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Is your home in a flood plain?

When considering the purchase of a home in a flood plain, make sure you are informed about all that is implied by that designation. Just because the home is in what is considered ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Helping our young girls, boys with life’s challenging transitions

When our family moved to this area 10 years ago, I noticed that some people referred to spring as the “Mud Season.” Living on a dirt road, it did not take long to figure out why. ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Dangerous bugs

Obama plan fails to adequately address growing public health threat from overuse of antibiotics

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Spring cleaning under the shadow of war

Tension was mounting throughout the world in the early spring of 1941, as Durangoans prepared for spring cleaning. Reports from Europe where Nazi Germany consolidated its territorial gains, ...

DATE: Apr 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman