Columnists - The Durango Herald

How does your garden grow? Come and see

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote a beautiful piece about what it is to succeed. Part of it read: “To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a re...

DATE: Jun 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Legislature should not be called upon to rubberstamp Hickenlooper’s deal

The legislative session has been out for little more than a month, and it’s terrific to be home. I’ve already been to lots of meetings and activities in the district to catch up with what’s ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

The myriad benefits of theater at DAC

I had a near death experience this past fall – I auditioned for theater for the first time. This was not just any theater, but the Durango Arts Center’s Broadway classic hit “Cabaret.” ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: View from the Center

Increase your energy by minding your mitochondria

Our energy levels give us our zest for life and our ability to successfully navigate a good life. When your energy level drops, it affects everything. While there are many factor...

DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: Green Medicine

Cold or allergy? Symptoms can be deceptive

One of the most common questions I get this time of year relates to the experience of runny nose and cough. “Doc, is it a cold or my allergies?” For some, it can be ha...

DATE: Jun 15, 2014 | CATEGORY: La Plata Health Watch

Camping trip shows differences between kids and adults

We took the kids on their first backpacking trip last weekend. And it was just like that – our decades-old notion of backpacking colliding with little people who would squeeze entertainment ...

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Adventures in Motherhood

City not planning to dye or reverse flow of river

Now that the city has “fixed” the river at Smelter Rapid for kayakers and rafters, shouldn’t tax money now be spent to “fix” the river at Oxbow, where the current is too slow for tubing? The...

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Action Line

My mom died, but my airline won’t refund my fee

When Patricia Clay’s mother dies unexpectedly, US Airways promises to “consider” a refund of her change fees. Why won’t it pay up? Q: I recently flew from Washington to Chattanoog...

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: The Travel Troubleshooter

What is integrated health care?

By Stephanie Allred Axis Health System We have many great health-care providers in our community who are committed to their patients. Yet our community is not different...

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

More than hoops camp

Fort Lewis College, school for deaf learn how to communicate

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Cost and higher education

Students and taxpayers should question rapidly growing spending on administrative positions

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

School systems too often reduce students to numbers

I am not a number. That’s obvious enough, isn’t it? I have two eyes, four limbs and my own unique personality. Still, the past four years of my life have been spent molding me into a plethor...

DATE: Jun 14, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman