The federal plus state tax on gas 41 cents per gallon in Colorado versus 37 cents in Arizona. So where’s the justification on the 55 cent difference? When I read…
A vast majority of states have allowed full-strength beer and wine sales in grocery stores for years. And as the craft beer segment in general represents the largest share and…
Could it be that there really is a price-fixing cartel in Durango? Anthony R. Palmer Durango
If you want bicycle tourism, build trails with flow, berms, jumps, challenging rollers and technical features. The “Chapman flow trail” is a joke with brake-jacking corners (exactly Trails 2000’s style).…
Let’s be clear: I think we should remember people who lose their lives to the fallen and senselessly violent nature of human “kind.” I think we should mourn the loss…
The majority of those on the committee would not acknowledge the cause, ignored the long-term effects and offered no solution to the problem or any assistance to those affected. All…
I think it is long past time we all stand up and say “enough is enough” and put our support behind our law-enforcement people and do everything we can to…
And so it is with Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez, and his ilk, and the Environmental Protection Agency. After they ensured a permanent underclass with deep cuts to maternal and infant…
Quite frankly, I’m more concerned about the rude river runners who trespass and then flip me off after they’ve used my land for a toilet, than the heavy metals in…
The Herald, and Durango, are lucky to have her. I make a point of finding her byline now, no matter what she’s covering. Kate Niles Durango Editor’s note: Chase Olivarius-McAllister…
Every fall, the pattern repeats itself. Anxiety escalates as students and parents follow the paucity theory of college admissions. That theory‘s premise: When a resource is scarce – the number…
Shame on the state and county for not forcing the Forest Service to comply with the regulations. The county would fine and or go in and control weeds on private…
Planned Parenthood may advertise on its website that it provides cancer screening, test for STDs, etc. but not all services are provided and not all services are free. In fact,…
On Sept. 6 it published an editorial supporting an organization, Planned Parenthood, that terminates the heartbeats of thousands of children. This organization that the Herald supports dismembers and sells the…
Sept. 17 was originally called Citizenship Day, and on our calendars is shown as Citizenship Day and Constitution Week begins. The DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., is a memorial…
The trucks drive a steep hill on CR 120N that has a 9 percent grade. When large trucks and passenger cars share a hazardous road, these heavily loaded semis pose…
Obviously they have settled in the sediment where they will affect aquatic organisms, move further downstream and become magnified in the food chain. A truly meaningful study would look at…
This topic of moving, or not, the sewer plant is of major importance. We will have to live with the decision the rest of our lives. At the Sept. 1…
Obvious price coordination among our local suppliers raises the question whether there is some type of price fixing here in Durango. Just recently on national news gas prices in San…
Women were still getting abortions. Rich women got D&Cs in antiseptic doctors’ offices, under all sorts of guises other than “pregnancy termination.” Poor women got backroom abortions performed by all…
That Durango nurtures unique creative ventures is another testament to the vibrancy of our community. For several years, the Dumpster Beautification Project has been the recipient of Durango Friends of…
It doesn’t take a huge amount of effort to say a kind word to that senior citizen you encounter in the grocery store or when out in public. Smiles and…
Now that the roads are in bad shape, the commissioners are probably going to let us vote on whether to increase our taxes to fix them. That’s nice of them…
So now I read that the plant has a capacity of 2 million gallons per day. My question is why is the plant rated capacity only 2 million gallons per…
A friend told me that this was from a land trade made by the Forest Service. The bare mountainsides were going to be developed into a golf course. What a…
The first city system was built in 1958 and was replaced with the existing facility in 1985. There was a lot of support before the plant was built to move…
To my recollection, the sewer plant odor was not offensive until recently. The past three or four years. About the time the plant became at or near maximum capacity. It…
Today, we have in place in Iran a fundamentalist Shiite theocracy that regards the West, and the United States specifically, with a hyper-wary eye. How did this state come about?…
The uncontrolled breach of the plug instantaneously released thousands of gallons per minute of water and suspended solids. This venturi-like action, or vacuum, within the workings created a strong suction…
