Our community is engaged in a period of dynamic change. Every business model has had to evolve across every industry. Many of our community banks are now owned by entities from far away, many companies are controlled out of state and the old rules of commerce appear to be breaking on an almost daily basis.
In 45-plus years of living here, I am delighted that many of those changes have occurred. I can recall only three restaurants, besides fast-food chains, operating in 1980. Recently, we have been informed of changes to the delivery process of this newspaper.
Frankly, I am comfortable that we will still enjoy receiving The Durango Herald three times a week. Larger cities like Grand Junction are receiving print editions only twice a week. The first three days of the new process have worked fine for us. We have adapted to picking up our mail in the afternoons.
Any of us can have disagreements with the editorial content, but that is part of engaging with journalism. Let’s give the Herald a few more weeks before raising the alarm. I expect to continue to be OK with the changes.
Steve Parker
Durango