Columnists - The Durango Herald

Accuracy of Google map not a shore thing

From time to time, The Durango Herald will include a Google map at the bottom of online stories to show where news happens. The other day, I noticed that Google displays a couple of “lakes”...

DATE: Dec 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

No one says night shifts are easy

Occasionally, I have described my career in emergency medicine as enduring 30-plus years of sleep depravation. Actually, it’s longer than that. In college, I worked several summe...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Choosing a home can be a personal thing

What type of home is right for you? In La Plata County, we are blessed with choices that are wide and varied, and they are influenced by your desired lifestyle. There are opportun...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Familiar Orion offers much to contemplate

Greetings, stargazers. Perhaps the most recognizable constellation in the winter sky is Orion. Many people unfamiliar with the night sky can at least recognize the three stars o...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

Stay warm outdoors in the winter

By Mark Winkworth San Juan Mountains Association Getting outdoors in the winter is a great way to have fun and get some exercise, and staying warm is the key to fun an...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Local collaborative helping kids turn around truancy

Skipping school, do you picture a teenager who ditches class to avoid schoolwork? Maybe he or she just needs some discipline or motivation to get back into class? It turns out th...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Community bolstered exciting year at FLC

As 2014 draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity to thank those of you who support Fort Lewis College. We could not do what we do for our students without our alumni and friends. ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Serving Colorado

Udall guided by uniquely western perspective

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Early lesson serves the mayor well

Mama taught me to write thank you notes at an early age. Often I grumbled, but it was required in my family. Here we are at the end of the year, and I am sending out my thank you notes. I’m ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

World should condemn ‘assembly line’ sterilizations

News media focused in November on more than a dozen deaths in India after women had surgery at a sterilization “camp.” Authorities suspect that the surgeon caused the deaths, so he is in pri...

DATE: Dec 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Not just interested in the past

It’s easy to look at an archaeological society as a bunch of dusty old academics (or Indiana Jones) in pith helmets. Blame the movies for that. But the San Juan Archaeological Soc...

DATE: Dec 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Mastery returns to shelves: great reissues of 2014

The music business can’t survive on new music alone. Many records are born again decades after their original release through the reissue, which often contains bonus material, ou...

DATE: Dec 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown