This confused the students and made me cringe in frustration for our kids. How can the district ask the students to test when, often, the tests have errors themselves? I…
Over the years, in the absence of city policy, it’s been homeowners that have taken on this challenge by creating small apartments in their houses or investment properties to accommodate…
These issues are not unique to Durango. They affect every single school district in every single town in every single state. Our community, instead of partnering with the school and…
Most people want to believe that the success they’ve achieved is due only to their own capabilities and hard work. Which isn’t to say that hard work and talent do…
We live in such an amazing community and I can’t really imagine narrowing nominees down to three finalists, much less choosing a winner in each category. I admit that I…
A few years ago, I used to ride my bike through a peaceful, beautiful Hay Gulch. The road was fine, hard-packed and solid under my tires, and the sun at…
I know Alison Dance made some mistakes. I also know she has apologized to every employee, paid her fines, reimbursed the front of the house and moved on – or…
Building capacity never is. People, not just kids, are being tested at a rate unprecedented in history. They are being tested on learning a new skill set sometimes every five…
You have the option of paying your property taxes in two payments or in one payment. If you choose to pay in two payments, 50 percent is due by Feb.…
The final audit found that our daughter and one other young woman worked 20 minutes past 7 p.m. one night during the Memorial Day weekend in 2012. Evidently, they were…
This “intervening year” law, with no voter approved mill levy changes for 2015, will make most property taxes very close to what they were last year. Some taxing areas actually…
In a way, it’s understandable why the Obama administration wants to avoid the term “radical Islam.” The rationale is the same for my own avoidance of the term “radical Christianity.”…
Last summer, a labor audit of a local business brought a sensational headline about the investigation. Despite “no comments” from the authorities involved, the Herald published it because Alison Dance…
Yet District 9-R’s current emphasis on academic assessment and reassessment leaves little time for anything else and, therefore, remains paramount in the classroom. How does this emphasis affect classroom culture…
This has significant implications for our community. When employees feel they are not valued, trusted or respected, morale plummets and staff turnover skyrockets. Of approximately 190 staff employed by the…
Alison Dance has been my employer at Eno/Cyprus Cafe for a little over 2 years. I am still employed by her, and was employed by her during the time period…
Yes, I get that she made some mistakes, but I believe she admitted to such negligence. To my knowledge, she has paid the financial penalties and has further renovated Cyprus…
Her sermon title, “The Continuous Struggle,” came from King who said, “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” The title sums up…
Invariably, Odette Zenizo at the want-ads desk is happy to help and runs our ad for a couple of weeks. We usually end up with 20 calls and three or…
An exterminator set baited traps, and the cats were terrified and went into hiding. We were told we could not water or feed the cats after the exterminator was called.…
Durango Editor’s note: Susan Moss is a professor in Fort Lewis College’s Department of Art and Design.
To the best of my knowledge, the proponents and the city of Durango got what they wanted. Now, the city government wants to extend this unfair tax for no specific…
Republicans are proposing even more outrageous anti-choice laws. Another bill allows emergency room personnel to refuse service even if a woman requires an abortion because her life is immediately threatened…
He quietly gave of himself and his time so that people, particularly youth, could participate in outdoor adventures and learning experiences. In memory of Art, a fund is being set…
The cats that formally resided in our parking lot and at the staff entrance of SJBHD were taken to new homes in September of 2014. Before September 2014, unattended cat…
She addresses a number of issues, one of which is the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and her comments are at least disingenuous. Many in Congress want to approve…
In turn, he has shown me the not-so-serious side of life and that it’s acceptable to “not always be such an adult”. I have seen the benefits and changes in…
You may not be aware that “smart” meters have caused hundreds of home fires worldwide. Lloyd’s of London which underwrites most homeowner’s insurance policies will not cover damage caused by…
This tragic action betrays a larger moral issue of the heartless fracturing of bonds between humans and animals that too easily transfers to human relationships. In a TruthDig.com article “All…
