As citizens, we can also ask the council to let them keep the awning. If several hundred of us e-mailed or called the council members they could almost certainly be…
I was raised skiing in the mountains and kayaking on the river. Last year, the Animas River was poisoned by the mining industry, creating a Superfund site, meaning that our…
Recently, city, county and economic development officials asked the state’s congressional delegation to modify the proposed rules citing economic loss. The officials say the proposed rules will lead to the…
Durango’s train is a genuine asset. By association its tracks can and do appeal to the curiosity of anybody who walks Narrow Gauge Avenue or parks there. Simply by virtue…
Park County joins seven other Colorado counties that have formally opposed the seizure of BLM and National Forest lands. That compares to just three counties that have made moves in…
Many more American would have been killed if the special operators a mile away had not disobeyed repeated orders to stand down. No help was sent by this administration because…
Justice Scalia would be appalled by the threat of the Senate Republicans to shirk their duty, and refuse to conduct a hearing on the nomination of Merrick Garland to fill…
A few years ago I hosted a language teacher from France and she was so excited to see all the Spanish names around town that she took pictures of them…
While the closure of Spruce Tree House is disappointing, it unfortunately also highlights a bigger problem. The infrastructure repair backlog for National Park Service sites here in Colorado is more…
Now two weeks later, I have seen a parking meter person staking out Third Avenue and 12th Street, obviously targeted as new sources of income. I tried looking up the…
They have made the absurd argument that, in an election year, a twice-elected president should not be allowed a hearing for his Supreme Court nominee. This flies in the face…
By the same token, where are the Great Old Broads for Wilderness or the San Juan Citizens Alliance when it comes to solar and wind projects that spoil the landscape…
The funny thing about this city Parks and Recreation-sanctified dumping ground is that it is in full view of everyone at Rivergate Lofts and anyone who uses the park or…
I was privileged in the early ’60s to be at West Point when General Douglas MacArthur gave an impromptu speech to the corps of cadets. He spoke about leadership and…
Furthermore, for the Herald to print the results of the couple of precincts it happened to check and then (Herald, March 3) print Champagne’s quote about his “smashing success” was…
All Durango residents and visitors feel the loss of Francisco’s restaurant. The added loss of the portico would be unacceptable to the majority of Durango residents. Our vote is to…
The Korean War lasted about three years, nothing accomplished but the death and wounding of personnel and lots of money spent. The Vietnam War (some say not a real war)…
He had traveled up to Durango and tested the sediment along the banks of the Animas River. He found that the sediment contained 1,100 to 1,500 parts per million of…
First of all, Lavoy Finicum was not “gunned down” by agents of the federal government, he was shot and killed by the Oregon State Patrol. This occurred after he fled…
Several Northern abolitionists supported secession including William Lloyd Garrison and Lysander Spooner. Relevant to the cause of the war is a New York Times editorial: “The commercial bearing of the…
Maysmith did not report in his letter that the bill was amended at its Feb. 11 hearing to only apply to biochar. The bill still has strong support from the…
When the cost of the meters was raised, not only did it deter me and my employees from parking at a meter, but more importantly, our customers. Locals do most…
One is the rise to the east that should have been leveled. But the most dangerous problem is the exit lane for Highway 160 eastbound onto CR 225A. When you…
This appears to be another waste of the public’s money and job creation. Should a private resident made such contact, the Parks and Wildlife would have placed a blue collar…
I live in La Plata County and have six double gas wells within a half mile of my home. We are surrounded by pipelines, compressor stations, an injection site (which…
There is tremendous and broad support nationwide for AmeriCorps programming, something that seems increasingly rare. This broad support occurs because it is an extremely effective way to make positive changes…
King Coal II is served by 19th Century farm-to-market roads. For the load that GCC Energy is proposing, county code requires a 24-foot-wide paved road with three-foot shoulders and a…
