Yet Silverton was not yet ready to vote for the Superfund! My question is why does Silverton even get a vote? We the downstream communities are getting the toxic waste…
The schoolhouse, Joy Cabin and the Peterson House are integral parts of our history and of the museum. I believe Joy Cabin is the oldest building in the city, dating…
Did he “defend Muslims”? No, he sent the U.S. Marine Corps to defeat them and that’s why “the shores of Tripoli” are mentioned in the Marine Corps hymn. Our Founding…
Some say that Bernie is not what the United States needs right now, that he’s too progressive. I disagree. Clinton has a tremendous resume, no question. But she is a…
Perhaps if the Herald editorial board allowed more letters in the print edition and tossed out the 30-day rule, it would balance out. On the other hand, if one reads…
While visiting with Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson in September 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev said, “We cannot expect the Americans to jump from capitalism to communism, but we…
In Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Lindsay just won her 38th downhill victory (the most by a woman in any specialty) and her 76th World Cup win. How about putting her on the front…
For all the Durango dog owners who claim to care about the environment the time has come for them to be responsible for cleaning up after their dogs. We are…
The reality is that Americans overwhelmingly support action to protect public health by reducing carbon pollution. The Clean Power Plan is the greatest single step the U.S. has ever taken…
We are lucky to live in Durango where we can explore so many spectacular public lands right near home. But these lands also provide for us economically. Because I work…
What many of you may not know is the snowmobile that is used for grooming died two days after our first big snowfall. Will Herz, who is responsible for maintaining…
I witnessed a selfless act of an elderly skier skiing with a shovel and no poles. He was covering the grass showing through on the trails. When I thanked him,…
When the Ammon Bundy bunch proclaimed their alliance for the constitutional rights of ranchers, loggers and miners, he lost all credibility with me. Anyone who can hold a straight face…
Although the story and RSA do a great job at explaining the need for change (less money), they don’t address the nature of the agency’s chronic budget problems. The reality…
The debate is sadly divided along ideological lines with the opposition seemingly unable to hear the rebuttal to their arguments that this is physician-assisted suicide and a slippery slope toward…
Last February, the Bureau of Land Management came out with a plan that dictates how we can use and access our BLM lands, like Phil’s World, for the next 15…
I am part of the Christian community in this area and am aware of so many good things going on at our local churches. It seems a shame not to…
Not that long ago in the news, a well-to-do family rented a vacation villa where extreme illness and death resulted from an irresponsible bug exterminator. I can only imagine the…
You should not leave your car idling because carbon monoxide reduces air quality and affects everyone’s health, causes global climate change, wastes fuel and costs money, contributes to noise pollution,…
Beyond the founding principle of gender equity in pay, to quote the website verbatim, “Pay differentials are permitted when they are based on seniority, merit, quantity or quality of production,…
Having attended Snowdown events over 20 years, I experienced Snowdown evolve from outdoor fun to bar games. Snowdown should focus more how to have fun without relying on drinking games.…
Board minutes clearly show extensive consideration of the effect of not increasing the base charge. Board minutes show LPEA staff is projecting a $3.9 million margin in 2016 with the…
Before the candidates are chosen, now is the time to find out what each candidate will do about key issues. Tracy Brothers Durango
Public comment through normal profiles (with all the regulatory checks and balances) exist at media outlets and papers throughout the United States without the added layer of a mandatory Facebook…
I have always been a fighter. Each individual needs to find their own threshold of where their quality of life is no longer viable. I have come to terms with…
So, pity those who live in places like Pagosa, which is an hour farther away but paying even lower prices? That’s right: As of Feb. 1, gas in Pagosa was…
From a distance, it’s easy for Lachelt to say that La Plata County was more affected by the Gold King Mine spill than San Juan County. From a distance, it’s…
But that is not likely to happen soon. So the best thing Durango and La Plata County can do is to improve airport facilities to “lure” more airlines into our…
“Excluding” means the opposite of “including.” The way I read it, one cannot take snow from a private property and deposit it in the public street. That makes sense. However,…
