Over the past months, the Herald has reported on multiple Animas issues including: unpleasant and odiferous conditions along the river parkway; the need to rebuild the Animas River above the…
During a time of climate change, where mass transit is one of the areas that can be utilized to mitigate the disastrous effects of this anomaly, cutting public transit service…
It is now, after so much community involvement, much more truly public art than most of the other public art pieces in our community. The other works of public art…
I think of long-haired hippies who do not dye or cut their hair and live completely off the land in shacks made completely out of wood with nothing modern. We…
I know there were many people taking advantage of this generous offering. They could just as well have charged, say, $10 or $20 per load, and we would have been…
I just got on Rocky Mountain Health Plans, but they are withdrawing from the health exchange in December for most of Colorado so I have to start shopping again. Meanwhile,…
Unfortunately for me, the weeks leading up to the operation created enormous anxiety. Considering my age, the risks associated with anesthesia, the pain, the possible complications that could occur, or…
Let’s look at this more carefully. The ColoradoCare premium tax would not be an additional burden on taxpayers because it would replace the current confusing and complex system of health…
When Southwest Center for Independence tried chalk “No Access” stencils as a harmless and humorous way to point out some of the local businesses that are inaccessible to people with…
Locally, though, La Plata County has had a strong record of civility and bipartisan achievement. Unfortunately, some people have decided to use the worst of our national political tactics to…
Turns out it wasn’t Jesus that Texas Republicans were serving. They served themselves and their bank accounts in a state where the incarceration industry brings obscene profits to politicians and…
After carefully studying the positions of both candidates, I’m convinced Mr. Brown brings to the table a lifetime of strong, real-world experience with issues that matter to Western Slope Coloradans,…
At this year’s annual gathering, we united in support of Planned Parenthood as follows: Planned Parenthood has recently come under extreme criticism from politicians because of allegations that have now…
Our prayers were answered by a team from La Plata County Search and Rescue: Ron Corkish, Jaaron Mankins, Matt King, Stony Molina and volunteer U.S. Forest Service ranger Keith Roush.…
Heinous acts of violence make the 24-hour, global news – something horrible is happening to someone, somewhere, all the time – but good leadership would point out that these are…
When I went to drop off my children on the first day of school at Needham, instead of being greeted by their teachers and cheerily festooned classrooms, I was met…
It is not a religion. 97 percent of climate scientists are convinced, based upon the evidence, that human-caused global warming is happening. These are “climate scientists,” not physicists or other…
Conversely, ColoradoCare’s priority is the health care of real Coloradans. That’s why ColoradoCare will eliminate outrageous artificial pricing set by insurance companies. The facts about ColoradoCare are that you choose…
I first met Barbara when she was teaching English and advising the student newspaper at Durango High School, and I was teaching English and advising the newspaper at Fort Lewis…
As I understand, this proposal would raise our income taxes, as retirees and self-employed, to almost 15 percent and perhaps not even allow us to access already earned benefits which…
However, Wildcat has now ruined a beautiful wetland pond, destroyed Little Deadwood Gulch, created portals, carved roads, moved an entire mill, built bridges and oh, not to forget two sediment…
Ritchey’s comment that we are proposing a $90 million reconstruction is incorrect. After discussions months ago with our consultants, the county commissioners and Durango City Council decided on a number…
There would be fewer body bags, severed limbs and civilian casualties, and post-traumatic stress disorder and ISIS would not be issues. Sally Florence Durango
I support Amendment 71 because it would create a critical distinction between initiatives to alter the Colorado Constitution and those to enact laws. The constitution should provide the framework for…
A teacher at Durango High School for 20 years, McLachlan has experienced firsthand the detrimental impact our current funding deficits can have on students, teachers and administrators alike. But detrimental…
We do not need more hotels. They have already built many recently – La Quinta, Fairfield, Holiday Inn, Homewood Suites, etc. That does not include all the ones we already…
I remember when the dissemblers called it global warming. I am sure that Mr. Veals’ eyes are all aglow at the thought of gaining his share of the billions of…
Remember, your job is to give the positive and negative in the news, not to try to sway people with your opinions and in the style you write. Just report…
Foukas has the cost of providing medical care and salaries confused. The $629,000 covered both salaries and all medical costs. Foukas failed to mention the contract with SHP doesn’t cover…
And isn’t this an amendment to “fix” all of those things wrong with Obamacare, after Pelosi urged Congress to pass it so we could see what was in it? To…
