These cuts will severely reduce income to health facilities and result in lost jobs across sectors. The cuts will also come at a severe cost to the state budget. Health…
I’m wondering if the artist created the artwork from an actual photograph or her imagination? It immediately struck me that the “sea of wildflowers” looked suspiciously like the invasive species…
The refuge is one of our nation’s most iconic and wild public lands. The tranquility and solitude that exists there can be found almost nowhere else on earth. For hunters,…
To them I say, “Shame on you. Have you no decency?” The isn’t Nazi Germany or 1950s McCarthyism. Or is this what things are coming to with a president who…
It seems America has become the nation of lawlessness. Why? Because our people, many who are often “supposed Christians” support lawlessness. In fact some embrace it. The reason Rosa Sabido…
du1-i-syn I have always enjoyed reading the Herald, and like my friends who lean both left and right, I don’t always agree with everything that is written in the paper.…
Our family was displaced by the fire in our townhomes on June 14. We have received with open arms the abundant sympathy and support from family, friends and strangers. As…
du1-i-syn She has renewed her immigration status annually while working through the red tape required to become a citizen. This year, the (previously routine) annual renewal of her status was…
It’s possible you’re unaware of these dangers because the government tells us that violent crime is down and most rapes aren’t reported in the paper. It happens frequently and the…
By a roll call vote on May 4, two hundred seventeen United States Representatives, including Ken Buck (R-CO), Doug Lamborn (R-CO) and Scott Tipton R-CO), voted to take health care…
Supreme Court justices recently voted to hear an appeal from the owner of a Colorado bakery who refused to cater to a “wedding” of heterophobic homosexuals, and was persecuted by…
The increases were advertised as a series of small, equitable increases to be able to issue debt for the Ridges Basin Water Treatment Plant, a new facility at Lake Nighthorse.…
But now Rand Paul just stated, “We have to realize we don’t have money to support Medicare and other social security programs for retirees! At this rate, we’ll simply run…
du1-i-syn Through the use of something called “categorical exclusions,” the bill would prevent any public participation and side-step any environmental analysis as required under the current National Environmental Policy Act.…
I’ve worked for bad bosses before; I’ve been ripped off by crooks before; and I’ve believed what I wanted to be true in spite of the evidence, way too many…
Over 1,600 people have attempted suicide by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. Only 28 survived. In an interview, each reported that two-thirds of the way down, they experienced a…
No doubt that helped the fire to burn even more and endangered life and property. Whoever this self-centered and thoughtless individual is needs to be punished severely. Pilots can’t see…
That’s Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, from Jan. 2010, referring to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). The senator continued, “ … that’s not the way to operate…the president ought to…
The Trump administration is hell bent on reversing Obama-era rulings, and with that is carving the wrong areas of government expenditure. We should be focusing on national monuments, forests, parks…
This (Herald, June 28) is an atrocity to local public opinion. The Zinks and the predominantly aging e-bikers who advocated for this have no right to go 20 miles per…
That’s what appears to be happening if you are someone trying to find a place to rent in Durango. It’s absolutely insane. Greed at its ugliest! If someone can afford…
That’s a lot of losers. Mostly the losses would be to Medicaid recipients – folks with disabilities, low-income seniors, pregnant women and single mothers – and to those who can…
Not renewing the lease for the Bayfield title and registration office is offensive to those of us who call Bayfield home. I purposefully chose to live out here; I choose…
The root problem stems from the catastrophic flooding of the mine, leading to flooding of the tunnel on Sunday afternoon, June 4, 1978. At that time the bottom of Lake…
The basic fact is that drug companies set the price of the drug. They can charge whatever they feel the market will bear. To combat these massive price hikes, benefit…
Given the fact that Colorado now has an estimated 834 million dead trees, due to the ongoing mountain pine beetle and spruce beetle epidemics, there is a lot of work…
No area of the world is untouched by this cancerous beast. He toys with the American people like we’re part of his reality TV show. He thrives on chaos and…
I remember one of Smith’s campaign promises being that he would do away with the “good ole’ boy” mentality. I believe there isn’t a greater example of “good ole’ boy”…
If the Affordable Care Act is replaced, our family’s health insurance is likely to become even less affordable. My wife and I each own a small business. Provisions in the…
Recently, Adult Day Care at “Our Place,” a local agency that provides daily respite care for Alzheimer’s and dementia clients, was engaged in an annual fund raising event. Much like…
