Columnists - The Durango Herald

If you’re looking to buy, time is not on your side

Most of us put off important things. Procrastinating homebuyers were rewarded for waiting with decreasing interest rates and lower home prices until last year. However, going forward, you wi...

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: On Real Estate

San Juan Mountains Association serving up fun this summer

This summer, San Juan Mountains Association will continue established partnerships with San Juan National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office and BLM Canyons of the ...

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

There is a place for everyone to be involved in United Way

Here is a question: “What exactly is United Way?” No worries – we will give you the answer. Our name is well-known, but what we do is not always obvious. First, we are not an air...

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Creating Community

Near Hesperus, FLC observatory explores night sky

Greetings, stargazers. This time of year has fewer hours of darkness, but since school is out, I get more opportunities to use the Fort Lewis College Observatory. This spring, t...

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: What's up in Durango Skies

An open love letter to Porter Adventist Hospital

This has been a damn tough one to wrap the right words around. I’ve written long essays involving extensive research in far less time. Problem is, this is about the recent death of my wife o...

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Animas cleanup

Superfund designation would only interfere with a process that is working

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Working to control dangerous methane emissions

For years, I had heard about a mysterious source of power here in La Plata County. This month I had the chance to see it for myself. Perhaps you have heard the term “San Juan Basi...

DATE: May 24, 2014 | CATEGORY: Population Matters

Choral Society’s Cabaret is just plain fun

All year long, members of the Durango Choral Society entertain us with music ranging from opera and the sacred to Broadway and jazz. But in May, they pull voices out of the choir and onto th...

DATE: May 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Columnists

Every Sunday is St. Patrick’s Day at the Embassy

If you have traveled to Ireland, you no doubt have hunkered down in a pub and had yourself a pint of Guinness. You have also likely been treated to traditional Irish music, performed by a gr...

DATE: May 22, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Are your plants suffering? Test for herbicide carryover

During the last couple of years, numerous gardeners and farmers have reported damage to vegetable crops – mainly tomatoes, potatoes, beans and peas – after applying manure, hay or straw to t...

DATE: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: From the Extension Office

Climate change is upon us: So now what?

“Climate change is already affecting the American people in far-reaching ways. ... (It is) disrupting people’s lives and damaging some sectors of the economy.” – 2014 National Cl...

DATE: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Your Ecological House

With smart, tender care, you can grow lush, healthy lawn

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: May 21, 2014 | CATEGORY: Get Growing