Columnists - The Durango Herald

Who We Are Is What We Appear To Be

The Super Bowl has also become the advertisers’ Super Bowl. The large corporate ad agencies compete against the best in their business for the highest stakes in their game. Millions of dolla...

DATE: Feb 3, 2015 | CATEGORY: A Take on Tourism

FLC to offer a variety of performances

February is full with a rich array of offerings. Visit our website for more information. Art: “Of Ephemeral Structures: The Art of Patricia Sonnino” will open with reception at 4:...

DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

Wide access to naloxone could save lives

The horizons are expanding for a life-saving drug in Colorado. Naloxone is a safe, nonabusable drug that reverses the effects of an opiate overdose. When an overdose ...

DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

The transition zone

World-class triathlete Dave Rakita embarks on retirement

DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Contrary to map, Bodo Park isn’t skiing’s newest epicenter

I enjoyed the column about Google Maps showing ponds on Smelter Mountain because Google was using data dating back to the Eisenhower administration. But here’s another mistake: Apparently, B...

DATE: Feb 1, 2015 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Cheap seats get makeover: Is it good news?

The lowly economy-class section is getting an upgrade in 2015. Or a downgrade, depending on your point of view. At least two airlines are unveiling new coach class sections this s...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

Home sale may be sign of things to come

The big news in Durango real estate last week was the demolition of a home in Hillcrest at 205 Hillcrest Drive. This is news because the home was listed for $585,000, and it sold...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

United Way provides health care with teeth

When you have a gap in your mouth because of missing teeth, it can be tricky to chew. When there is a gap in your health care, it can be tricky to stay well. There certainly has ...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

State of the county

Financial sustainability is focus for 2015

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

‘Buy campaign’ reflected both desperation and hope

As Durango and America entered the 1930s, hard times had arrived in some places and were just over the horizon for the whole country. An editorial in the Durango Herald Democrat (Oct. 31, 19...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Life is equal parts precious, out of our control

I am drinking coffee, reading the paper and fielding interruptions from the kids in a parody of my own routine morning ordinariness when my phone rings. It is my friend Stephanie, whom I’ve ...

DATE: Jan 31, 2015 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

Hair today, gone tomorrow for Locks of Love

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then Diana Yellow is beautiful indeed. The Fort Lewis College senior shaved her head at the beginning of January to show support for fello...

DATE: Jan 30, 2015 | CATEGORY: Neighbors