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Westendorff: Coordinated fire response effective and extraordinary

Julie Westendorffdu1-i-syn But before we let the fire disappear from our rearview mirrors, I think it’s important to point out…

August 5, 2017

From our Congressman

Schultheis: Where is our century’s Gen. Smedley Butler?

Representatives of corporations like General Motors, Dupont, Bethlehem Steel and Alcoa had been visiting Mussolini, Franco, Hitler and company for…

August 5, 2017

Editorials

End of life: Advanced planning for end-of-life issues will help bring closure to loved ones

du1-i-syn The medical community operates under the principle of working to keep us alive, and it is good at that.…

August 5, 2017

From our Congressman

Brooks: Sen. Jeff Flake plants a flag

David Brooksdu1-i-syn For most of us, it’s relatively easy to pass the test. Our jobs are not on the line…

August 2, 2017

Editorials

ACLU: Colorado’s branch of the watchdog organization is in Durango’s grill again

du1-i-syn The latest notice to the city from the group that deemed Durango’s panhandling laws unconstitutional in 2014 – which…

August 2, 2017

From our Congressman

Grantham: Governor’s climate gambit reeks of Obama-style overreach

Kevin Granthamdu1-i-syn One major Colorado newspaper, for instance, reported that Colorado was joining a “growing number of states” that were…

August 1, 2017

Nicholas Kristof

Kristof: Motherhood is deadlier in America

Nicholas Kristofdu1-i-syn We’re lying. In fact, we’ve structured health care so that motherhood is far more deadly in the United…

August 1, 2017

Editorials

Renewables 2.0: Our region has been at the forefront of power production, let’s not stop now

du1-i-syn In 1913, Western Colorado Power Company, purchased DP&L and operated until the early 1970’s when La Plata Electric Association…

July 31, 2017

Editorials

Canyons cleared: Local monument is safe, but review process has a harmful hidden agenda

Courtesy of Bob Wick, Bureau of Land Management Ruined tower, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, BLM Colorado. Hovenweep style Painted…

July 29, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Report card designed to educate statewide

Let me be clear: We appreciate the collaboration between the Dolores Water Conservancy District and other stakeholders to improve the…

July 29, 2017

From our Congressman

Zeiler: Citizen lobbyists influence climate progress in Congress

CCL members come from across the nation and all walks of life. We’ve experienced the effects of changing climate; fires…

July 29, 2017

From the Mayor

White: Climate, sustainability, housing current council priorities

City of Durango Mayor, Dick Whitedu1-i-syn At a recent study session, councilors considered minor revisions to existing goals to align…

July 29, 2017

Letters to the Editor

River report card risks relationships

du1-i-syn As Dolores Water Conservancy District manager, I appreciate the fact that the Journal’s reporter called me and Sam Carter,…

July 28, 2017

From our Congressman

Stromberg: Trump insults everything the Boy Scouts stand for

Stephen Stromberg photographed in The Washington Post studio on June 07, 2016 in Washington, DCPhoto by Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post…

July 26, 2017

Editorials

County budget: End of area’s natural gas boom means tough decisions lie ahead

du1-i-syn But with easier to acquire gas elsewhere in the country, in Mesa County to the north and in Pennsylvania…

July 26, 2017

Letters to the Editor

Volunteers needed to observe bighorns

du1-i-syn Weminuche bighorns are listed by the U.S. Forest Service as a sensitive species, meaning there is concern for their…

July 25, 2017

Robert Samuelson

Samuelson: How health care controls us more than we control it

Robert Samuelsondu1-i-syn If you go back to 1962, the earliest year with the data, federal health spending totaled $2.3 billion,…

July 25, 2017

Editorials

Every Kid Outdoors

Introducing kids to America is priceless

July 24, 2017

From our Congressman

Krauthammer: What to do for little Charlie Gard

Charles Krauthammerdu1-i-syn He is a beautiful 11-month-old boy with an incurable genetic disease. It depletes his cells’ energy-producing structures (the…

July 24, 2017

From our Congressman

Egan: The last best empty place in America

Timothy EganAmanda Koster for The New York Times When the sun is high, you swing from a rope tied to…

July 22, 2017

Population Matters

Grossman: Ask one key question

Obviously, this takes a special relationship with a woman. That relationship is assumed with a doctor or other health care…

July 22, 2017

Editorials

Animas tubing: Death of Albuquerque man rescued in the river raises timely questions

The Durango Herald The city of Durango’s 33rd Street put-in signage for river users is comprehensive and cautionary, but it sits…

July 22, 2017

Editorials

Lower Dolores D-minus: Low flows hamper native fish, trout

Journal Photo/Jim Mimiaga Native fish on the Lower Dolores River use deep pools like this one to seek refuge during drought.du1-i-syn…

July 21, 2017

Froma Harrop

Harrop: The suicide epidemic – social, economic or both?

Portrait of Froma Harropdu1-i-syn Since 1999, suicide rates have risen in every age group except the elderly, according to the…

July 21, 2017