The hills surrounding Durango were the ideal habitat for biologist Heather Johnson to lead the 6-year, first-of-its-kind study of an urban environment’s influence on human-bear interactions. She recently shared the…
They work holidays, weekends, miss school functions, their children’s activities and other special occasions. They do it because they are dedicated professionals. They do it because they love their communities…
The Gold King Mine continues to release 550 gallons of treated water each minute and the water inside the mine has continued to rise. As a down river community, we…
Now more than ever, we must act as a leader in responsible decision making when it comes to energy choices. The small local election for La Plata Electric Association board…
A long-time resident of Durango, Michael has been an active and integral part of our community for over four decades. His experience as an architect, designing homes and businesses throughout…
I urge you to elect R. Michael Bell to the La Plata Electric Association board. All of us will benefit from his good, sound decisions. Tom Howley Durango
As he votes in the appropriations process he must consider the impact that budget decisions will have on constituents here in Western Colorado, especially children. His health care vote did…
President Andrew Jackson broke several treaties with the Cherokee Nation before more than 13,000 Cherokee from South Carolina and Georgia were forced to march 1,000 miles on the “Trail of…
Millions of blogs were written about Sydney, overwhelmingly ugly. Sydney’s narrative was The Durango Herald’s top story for 2012. She smashed the Today Show’s online poll record. More people in…
Do current reporting styles not have to follow the basic English we have been taught for decades? I would have gotten all Fs if I tried to turn in work…
The race I’m interested in pits two new candidates for District 3, Rachel Landis and Michael Bell. Looking at their bios and statements, I see a big difference in the…
You see other stores in similar areas with a variety of food for similar prices – food that’s grown locally, is healthier, and is produced in environmentally friendly ways. Now…
Both of these board members have consistently supported the contract with Tri-State Generation & Transmission, LPEA’s major energy supplier, which relies on dirty coal for the majority of its energy…
Radio spots, yard signs, print ads and mass mailings cost some serious bucks, and it makes me wonder who’s bankrolling these candidates. It seems more like a political machine than…
Landis is a progressive candidate who is committed to championing an energy portfolio with renewable energy sources and ensuring that we maintain reasonable rates well into the future. She has…
The future of LPEA depends upon a candidate who possesses the characteristics of experience and innovation. This candidate should have the capacity to balance between providing the continuous, reliable service…
Incumbent director Davin Montoya, District 2, “supports” renewable energy but calls it a “rich person’s game.” He has opposed efforts to foster a local, job-producing energy industry, suppressed board members’…
The renewable energy sector has made huge progress in the past few years developing clean and cost-effective technologies. According to a recent Lazard study of the cost of energy today,…
Members should be aware when they cast their votes that during Montoya’s tenure, two subsidiaries, REAnet and WESODI, went broke to the tune of millions of dollars. LPEA members are…
Please don’t let these special interest groups meddle in the upcoming LPEA elections. I will be voting for R. Michael Bell, a community member, respected business owner and an independent…
After reading the Herald’s editorial recommending La Plata Electric Association candidates, it is very apparent to me that you do not know Kim Martin, one of the very most qualified…
Rachel Landis, director of Fort Lewis College’s Environmental Center, will bring energy to the La Plata Electric Association board, which needs younger people with new ideas and an understanding of…
We’re all still hurting from the rise in sewer and water rates in Durango and we don’t need to see our LPEA electric bills drastically increase too. If you want…
The facts are these: Mr Montoya has not moved LPEA forward by relieving it of the restriction placed on it by Tri-State which limits locally produced electricity to a measly…
Folks who care about the environment and the economy want Kim elected to the LPEA board. We love our precious world and realize that the stakes are too high to…
Many of us have decided to spend our lives in Durango because of the outdoor recreational opportunities that are provided to us here. From Purgatory, to the spring runoff that…
Rachel is the director of the Environmental Center at Fort Lewis College where she inspires future leaders to make the change they want to see in the world. This type…
Ever go to the refrigerator and get that container of cream cheese for a bagel you just toasted only to be disappointed that it is not what you had hoped…
He believes that we have pushed planet Earth into a whole new stage of the geological time scale, leaving behind the Holocene epoch which began 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.…
I’m skeptical of the review announced last week by President Trump that could scale back or even abolish national monuments in Colorado and elsewhere established in recent decades by presidents…
