Columnists - The Durango Herald

Stewardship doesn’t sleep

Although it has been a late start to winter, snowflakes have finally started flying across the San Juan Mountains, and San Juan Mountains Association’s winter stewardship and education progr...

DATE: Jan 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

Spend, eat too much over holidays? Time to regroup

By now, evidence of the holidays is down to a pile of evergreens at Santa Rita Park, a random sparkle of glitter and the occasional piece of tape stuck to your floor. Settling back into life...

DATE: Jan 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Hope in the New Year

As we move into 2024, many of us are feeling a loss of hope, of any expectation that things will get better, kinder, calmer, more sane. With our beautiful earth disintegrating with fires, fl...

DATE: Jan 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Authentic Aging

Like the civil rights movement, disability rights movement persists

On Monday, we will celebrate the life and work of one of the most well-known and influential leaders of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of a group of leaders o...

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Evanoff brings Front Range electro-jam

It was a night at Red Rocks that opened up J.J. Evanoff’s mind to the audio blend of electronic and rock music. He was a teenager who was getting into the guitar, loving the playing of Pete ...

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

One migrant’s story: ‘Jobs scarce, gangs everywhere’

Exactly what causes people to leave their homeland and make a difficult trek of 3,000 miles? A young woman I’ll call Jhovid, who came here from Venezuela, has asked me to listen to her answe...

DATE: Jan 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Opinions, beliefs put relatives at odds

DEAR ABBY: My grandmother and I have lived together for the past 22 years. She raised me from the age of 3. We used to be best friends. However, over the last few years, things have changed....

DATE: Jan 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Sudden retirement shakes up marriage

DEAR ABBY: With no discussion, my husband decided to retire two years ago. He said he would just take Social Security and we’d be fine. He failed to take into account that he was underage fo...

DATE: Jan 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Depression, anxiety with Alzheimer’s ‘is what it is’

You might be tired of reading about my fight with depression and anxiety. Honestly, I’m tired of writing about it, but it is what it is. I suppose some others who have mild cognitive impairm...

DATE: Jan 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Venezuelan migrants paralyzed by system restricting working'

President Joe Biden arrived in Denver in late November as part of his “Investing in America” tour and upon landing he was met by Gov. Jared Polis and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston. The presiden...

DATE: Jan 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Mother has second thoughts about decisions

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I moved near the ocean last year. I have two sons, 21 and 17. My older son moved across the country with some friends. The younger son, “Cody,” chose at the last mi...

DATE: Jan 5, 2024 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Simply, this pedestrian crossing got complicated

Dear Action Line: I took my life in my own hands and crossed north Main, west to east, at 32nd Street this morning. I survived to the other side and noticed this push button for crossing...

DATE: Jan 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Action Line