We live by the Overend Mountain Park and, recently, two open camp fires were discovered by park users. One was quite large and unattended. This situation is completely unacceptable, and…
I do, however, have a few corrections to make that were stated incorrectly in your story. There are currently two adult education programs in La Plata County: the Durango Education…
Why wouldn’t we rally behind Alison, instead of muckraking? Cyprus was one of the first to use homegrown and local foods and continues to lead the way in that regard.…
This story is fuel to an already stressful situation. Shame on you! I know Alison Dance to be a person with integrity who will correct what needs to be corrected…
The United States Forest Service allowed a meager 30-day public comment period for the 279-page Draft Environmental Assessment and Bighorn Risk Assessment for the Weminuche Landscape Grazing Analysis that ended…
Besides having a long and successful political career, including a background in the financial business world, and in ranching and farming, he gained considerable knowledge as to what it takes…
My partner, Robert Reed, is a welding instructor at Southwest Colorado Community College in Cortez. He has a little apartment that he stays at during the week when he is…
George Washington warned us of political parties in his farewell address because the Founding Fathers knew it would be the destruction of the nation. Today, there really is only one…
Now let’s look at Sheriff Duke Schirard’s record: The sheriff started his law enforcement career in La Plata County some 37 years ago. In addition to serving the Town of…
What a shame that we in Durango cannot even begin to compare ourselves to these young polyglots. It has been seven years since I retired from the Modern Languages Department…
With the Farmers Market, I can get the next best thing to my own produce. With the Farmers Market, I can say at many a meal, “Except for the butter…
When I point this condition out to concealed-carry advocates, the typical response is huff and puff: “I know I could do it if I had to. I grew up with…
A lot of otherwise serviceable clay or cast-iron service lines simply can’t handle this astounding level of pressure. A sewer is supposed to flow by gravity, and sewer pipes were…
If your trash contained Hills Prescription ID dog-food cans, Wholly Guacamole packages, two old dog toys, dog hair, dryer sheets, a piece of an old brown blanket, etc., we sure…
I was led to believe progressives were tolerant of different viewpoints. That said, perhaps Harrigan can explain why people who are critical of the president’s incompetent handling of even the…
What stood out for me in the letter is that she makes no mention of the woman’s rights. Apparently, once pregnant, women are merely the vessel, an incubator, a slave…
We were not a cliché; we were serving our country. We were then instructed to pray. All veterans were assumed Christian that night. Fortunately, a retired general and both our…
Democrats (Colorado Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet are co-sponsors) have never really been worried about corporations’ political contributions except for one reason: The Democrats receive unmatched amounts of contributions…
They absolutely do not care about your health or well-being as they have to confer for months with other physicians in another part of the state even to begin to…
Obama has single-handedly lost two wars that America had already won (Iraq and Afghanistan), continues to ignore immigration law by allowing thousands of unskilled illegal immigrants into our country (“undocumented…
Sam graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Southern California with a degree in international relations. As an East Asia specialist, Sam will be spending her Fulbright year as…
I suspect the current, highly publicized problems are a result of deep funding cuts, coupled with a great increase in demand. You can stretch an organization until it snaps. John…
It was an excellent use of the La Plata County road funds. Thanks to the board of county commissioners for spending this money to make that stretch of road smoother…
This medal is awarded to those exceptional individuals who have inspired and helped those of us who served. It is not a medal for coming in first in some competition.…
It’s a free country, and we have an abundance of great food compared to other countries around the world. Why did Horvath single out burgers? He sounds like a man…
In general, the League believes government should provide financial support for agriculture that includes disaster assistance, crop insurance (with limits on premium subsidies to larger farms), need-based loans and incentives…
This was the most unusual and impactful graduation I have ever attended. I did not expect to be educated by attending this ceremony, but educated I was. Some of the…
Perhaps James should also tone down the possibly inflammatory rhetoric using such a term as “castigating,” when I did not get such a tone from Cramer’s letter. Is there some…
It is ironic that he seems to miss the larger context in which the McPhee Dam exists: being in the arid American West, where farming with reckless irrigation projects is…
