Columnists - The Durango Herald

Time to reflect and a time to plan

As we begin a new year, it is a good time to not only reflect on successes of 2023 but set strategic goals, dust off business plans and update as needed. As small-business owners, we are pre...

DATE: Dec 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: From the Chamber

Time for panel discussion about Chapman solar system

Dear Action Line: Time for a question about the solar panels on the ice rink at Chapman Hill. Why are they now covered with snow since the Thanksgiving storm? Seems like that would affec...

DATE: Dec 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Action Line

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would help state agencies

Fifty years ago today, President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Species Act and the wildly effective act is our nation’s top wildlife law. Ninety-nine percent of the threatened and enda...

DATE: Dec 29, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

The method of Crystal Method

Crystal Method formed in a grocery store. It was the early 1990s, and Ken Jordan and Scott Kirkland both had more than a casual interest in music. Kirkland’s interest stemmed from the music ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

‘Southwest Colorado has a lot of good going on’

Every year is a mixed bag, and 2023 was no exception. On balance, though, life in Southwest Colorado has to be seen as pretty good. Moreover, there is reason to believe that will continue in...

DATE: Dec 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Kroger-Albertsons merger has free-market benefits

Growing up in a small town had its advantages. No matter how bad I was at a given sport, I still had a chance to play because they needed enough kids to field a team. If my parents needed a...

DATE: Dec 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Property tax task force ‘determined to create a bipartisan solution’

The first step of big change for Colorado happened last week: the start of a bipartisan look at property taxes, attempting to outline plans for financial sustainability. After the fall of Pr...

DATE: Dec 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Dolores River’s protection Biden’s opportunity for conservation legacy

As the CEO and founder of a company deeply committed to sustaining the places where Coloradans work and play, I have the privilege of witnessing the transformative power of nature on both a ...

DATE: Dec 27, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Man’s absences now have reason

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend of three years works six days a week with Sundays off. For the last six weeks, my calls have gone unanswered from Saturday evening through Monday morning. He’d provid...

DATE: Dec 26, 2023 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Santa Claus just may be a cowboy

Here on Christmas Eve, I write this column for all of the little cowpokes out there who have been good all year, awaiting the magic of Santa Claus. Nothing says Christmas like jingle bell-c...

DATE: Dec 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Sports

Surprise on Christmas Day, 1948

And the ‘fastest, most thrilling ride in town’

DATE: Dec 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion

‘Shoshone outcome should inspire, give all hope’

Mark Twain, famous son from my hometown of Hannibal Mo., is credited with the quote, “Water is for fighting and whiskey is for drinking.” Little did Twain know his comment would still be rel...

DATE: Dec 24, 2023 | CATEGORY: Opinion