In Colorado, fewer than half of high school graduates go on to college, well below the national average. In recent years, universities across the state have stepped up efforts to change that by offeri...
It’s a very special time of year.
Spring buds are blooming. The fields have greened. And the state legislature is going to have another very complicated, very costly argument about property taxes.
Yes...
I was pleased to read the news story acknowledging the success of Big Brother Big Sisters of Southwest Colorado in our community for 40 years.
I grew up in Cincinnati in the 1960s with a single mom an...
My friend and I are in sixth grade at Mountain Middle School. We would like to reach out about overconsumption in Durango and also help the sustainability of our town.
As you see, we would love to sen...
Cherry, peach, apple, pear, and plum,
all blossoms do they come,
only to snow upon the ground,
falling without a sound.
The beauty of spring comes on slow
sometimes too quick to go.
Blossom’s beauty l...
On April 14, a letter to the editor made a request that The Durango Herald Opinion editor “get out in the community and provide insight on local issues” instead of printing what appears to be “regurgi...
We are becoming a rabid world
Rabid, raging, lunatic, politicians
Rapid raging fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes and floods
Rabid riots and racism
Rabid viruses
Rabies affecting the central ne...
I was deeply saddened to read The Durango Herald’s news story about The Hive losing its lease downtown. Upon searching the company listed as the owner of the building, two results came up: one in Seat...
They rolled the gurney down the hall
each thinking their own thoughts,
immersed in their private fictions.
I lay quietly
watching the florescent ceiling wheel above
believing all the while
their thoug...
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