Columnists - The Durango Herald

On-the-job, apprenticeship programs help vets, employers

Both on-the-job and apprenticeship training programs are available for veterans using their Veterans Administration education benefits, including the Post-9/11 GI Bill. These pro...

DATE: Apr 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Serving Veterans

‘Politics is brutal’

Pagosa Springs' mayor survived 36 years by rolling with punches

DATE: Apr 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: John Peel

Durango backed silver champ, nation took Taft

William Howard Taft was now in the White House but not as popular as his friend and predecessor, Theodore Roosevelt. In the just concluded presidential campaign, Durangoans had o...

DATE: Apr 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Gas and local control

Challenge is balancing citizen concerns with industrial use

DATE: Apr 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Concern about privacy threatens community protection

From the time Edward Snowden leaked classified information about the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance system to identify terrorist activities, there has been a debate about...

DATE: Apr 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Raising guide dogs for the blind

The green jackets are hard to miss. Durango loves its dogs, but the puppies wearing the green jackets are just passing through on their way to becoming guides for blind people. I...

DATE: Apr 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Neighbors

Our connection with new HBO show

If “Silicon Valley” proves to be the next big HBO hit, you can take pride there’s a Durango link with only a slight degree of separation. Mike Judge’s spoof on the high-tech hijin...

DATE: Apr 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Talk about Town

Bird dogs, flies and a few safety tips

For anyone who has spent any time following a good bird dog and handler, the phrase “Let ’em hunt” is very familiar. The dog is trained for one thing and one thing only: finding ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Flies & Lies

Moe’s pulls big for the little, local bands

Aspiring bands always need a place to play. I back the efforts of promoters regularly, in addition to the players that put themselves out there to showcase their musical talent. ...

DATE: Apr 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Downtown Lowdown

Lambs announce spring’s arrival, work to be done

Springtime is always the time of rebirth, when the fields and pastures are returning after the winter’s snow (what little we got this year). Our sheep have been shorn and now are ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Out Standing in the Fields

Gardening with kids

La Plata County 4-H is sponsoring a garden plot and pumpkin patch at the Old Fort Lewis Research Station in Hesperus. This community-engagement project aims to encourage young p...

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

We deserve an industry that’s a good neighbor

What do you get when you put an industry insider, public-relations consultant and lobbyist in an office suite with a bag of money? A. The start of a government regulatory office. ...

DATE: Apr 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Thinking Green