Columnists - The Durango Herald

Extra care needed when buying a condominium

There are certain inspections and investigations that all buyers should complete during their contingency periods, such as having the home inspected and reviewing the title documents. When y...

DATE: Jul 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

Rounding up support for kids

On Sunday, for the second year in a row, Round Up on the Animas, a fundraiser for The Liberty School, took place on one of the hottest days of the year. But since the Animas River was flowin...

DATE: Jul 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Carver’s four-piece rock band returns for Fourth

It was 2005 when San Francisco rock band Void Where Prohibited started taking up a short summer residency in Durango. It makes perfectly good sense; Durango is a vacation destina...

DATE: Jul 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Do you know our national tree?

Hint: It’s slow growing, strong

DATE: Jul 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

In dry West, plants need help

Editor’s note: Get Growing, written by the La Plata County Extension Office’s Master Gardener Program, appears every other week during the growing season. It features timely tips and suggest...

DATE: Jul 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Get Growing

Hand sanitizers’ dirty record; let soap do the job

“Soap and water and common sense are the best disinfectants.” – Sir William Osler, M.D., “the father of modern medicine” I was both amused and distressed as I watched...

DATE: Jul 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

Clubhouse Porch

While many ears and eyes were trained toward World Cup football the last few weeks, there remained golden opportunities to compress a smaller and tightly dimpled ball in one of three ways on...

DATE: Jul 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Clubhouse Porch

Cancer touches everyone; Relay for Life helps

There is something ubiquitous about cancer. If you haven’t fought it yourself, someone you know has been down the road of surgery and/or chemotherapy and/or radiation. That’s why ...

DATE: Jul 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

July Fourth: City’s freedomfest full-fledged fun

If you’ve lived around here for the last 10 years, the Fourth of July lineup of events and activities in downtown Durango hasn’t changed much – and that’s exactly the way it should be. ...

DATE: Jun 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

FLC art programs flourish on- and off-campus in July

July arts programs at Fort Lewis College will both draw visitors to campus and reach out off the mesa and into the community. Musicians from the FLC’s Music Department Katherine J...

DATE: Jun 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: View from the Fort

The road leads to Europe

Spotlight brightening on Durango native Carmen Small, women’s cycling

DATE: Jun 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

This mean, nasty condition thrives on close contact

One medical school experience was indelibly written into our collective memories. A fourth-year student felt unwell, having aches, pains and a slight runny nose. As the student l...

DATE: Jun 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch