We see many articles lately like “Heat, fires getting worse,” “118 heat records tied or broken,” worldwide. Many of these events are results of the changing climate of our home…
Take a closer look at the numbers and you can see that the train will still be pumping mercury, arsenic, benzene, sulfur dioxide and a host of other pollutants from…
I can’t say, “where are the parents?” because one of them was a parent playing ball in Walmart. Question: who is responsible if someone gets hurt by flying objects or…
The Goodlatte bill would have resulted in a 38 percent annual reduction in legal immigration and failed to offer a viable path to citizenship for our nation’s nearly 800,000 Dreamers.…
Today’s New Conservatives (root word, “con”) believe in a strong–man executive, a subservient Congress and a panoply of “alternative facts” served up by partisan “news” organizations and the White House…
I do the bulk of my shopping in the county, with Durango receiving the bulk of my purchases. Money used in transactions in a community generally stays there through several…
Gold King discharged one slug of water that looked horrible; did not kill any fish and did no lasting damage to the river; its economic impact was limited to a…
So I consulted Mother Nature and she said, “I can give you my laws but it’s all yours now. Burning coal, methane emissions and using fossil gas and liquid fuels…
Can’t common sense prevail? Sally Florence Durango
I graduated from Durango High in 1973, going on to Rice University, the submarine Navy and defense procurement. Bruce was a great teacher. He taught us that math was powerful…
I have been following the 416 Fire and the alleged connection to the railroad very closely, keeping note of both the comments and letters to the editor. The sentiment against…
Rep. Scott Tipton recognizes immigrant and Dreamer contributions – even calling for a legislative solution for Dreamers himself following the administration’s September 5, 2017 decision to rescind the program: “I…
I take strong, factual exception to this claim. I mention a few of Sheriff Smith’s accomplishments: saved the county $2 million over three years; brought in $750,000 in new revenue;…
To my surprise, an agent at the window named Jeremiah said that because we’ve never had a ticket in Durango, he was reducing the ticket to a warning with no…
Also, my dog Jullian, who was in the crash with me, is doing fine. Thanks to all of you for watching out for her. David McBride Bayfield
Good grief, people, you are a newspaper, not third-graders in a science class! Pay attention! Trish Ireland Marvel
I know people do not agree on a lot of issues brought up, however, the Herald does print both conservative and liberal columns and we enjoy reading of both sides…
Putin has a long record of being a ruthless dictator. He has done nothing different from what he’s always done. Putin did not create the present crisis. Trump created the…
Our economy is in great shape, so why did Congress give a large tax break to the rich? The separation of parents from children at the border is the worst…
The Russians, in support of the WHO proclamation, which was about the value of breast-feeding of children relative to their being fed prepared formula, said that our action in Ecuador…
We initially reached out to the public information teams housed in Purgatory. They declined and referred us to the head of the logistics section of the incident command structure. I…
You have multiple opportunities to see that the county treasurer balances, to the penny, for all the tax authorities in La Plata County. The county treasurer not only collects money…
