Columnists - The Durango Herald

What’s the real cost of your debt?

A few days ago, I was discussing debt with a new client. The interest payments were killing him. He said repeatedly that they were his primary motivation for getting out of debt. ...

DATE: Mar 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Money Savvy

Extraordinary: Piccoli, Midkiff, Wasserbach

On Sunday, The Durango Herald kicked off a month of stories about local women’s contributions in the world and in our community. On Tuesday, we looked at why Women’s History Month matters. B...

DATE: Mar 10, 2015 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Student recitals kick off Durango Bach festival

The eighth annual Bach Festival got off to a spectacular start Sunday. In a week full of musical surprises, C. Scott Hagler, Durango’s own impresario, has organized a winning sel...

DATE: Mar 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Culture Gulch

Final State Water Plan must include specifics

By Gail H. Klapper Colorado Forum Last December, Coloradans got their first look at a draft of the Colorado Water Plan, which Gov. John Hickenlooper requested by execut...

DATE: Mar 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

‘Sparkplug of life’ recalled

SILVERTON – Under the mountain where an avalanche claimed her life two months ago, friends and family on Sunday afternoon remembered Olivia Buchanan’s love of the outdoors and ongoing search...

DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Distinguishing neglect from poor caregiving

“What looks like neglect from my perspective is sometimes the best people can do given the tools and capabilities they have,” one of my colleagues said. The comment was part of a ...

DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Coroner's Report

Tubing hill’s ills only worsened by icky ice

Have you noticed those large piles of ice shavings on the east side of the Chapman Hill ice rink? Why not move the piles to the other side of the facility and spread them over the tubing hil...

DATE: Mar 8, 2015 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Canyon country controversy

A new national monument in southern Utah?

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels

Disabilities in film: Getting a glimpse of another life

It’s time for me to come out of the closet as a documentary addict. When the bright red Netflix envelope comes, my blood pressure skyrockets in anticipation of pulling a documentary out of t...

DATE: Mar 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Legislature wrong to defund driver’s licenses

We believe that the 2015 Colorado Legislature is veering off course by limiting funding for offices, which issue driver’s licenses to those who are undocumented. Despite passage in 2013 of a...

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

‘Yes’ to Question 1-A

Vote to extend 1/2 -cent sales tax and keep Durango healthy

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

Comparing ‘animal rights’ versus ‘animal welfare’

Anyone interested in the condition and treatment of animals often gets labelled as an “animal rights” activist. However, arguments for animal rights are separate and different from arguments...

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