Durango Herald

David Buck

Position: Assistant city & digital editor

Phone Number: (970) 375-4615

About: A graduate of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y., David Buck began his journalism career in 1997 at The Glenwood Post in Glenwood Springs. Buck arrived at The Durango Herald in 2001 and worked for seven years as news editor on the paper’s copy-editing desk. After a two-year absence, he returned to the Herald in 2010. Since then, he has served as wire editor and features editor. Read More

Please, spring, wait your turn

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DATE: Feb. 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Good Earth

Wiring our West

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DATE: Oct. 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

GMOs jump from food to election ballot

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DATE: Oct. 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Good Earth