The railroad has been running continuously for 136 years. The Durango & Silverton is, has been and will be the lifeblood of the city of Durango and surrounding areas. It’s…
But that’s not how markets usually work, as we were reminded when we heard Reveal, the public-radio news program. The installment had reporting by Audrey Quinn, starting with harm done…
My grandfather took my brother and me to Lake Nighthorse, where the shoreline was too steep to fish from. The only place that was kid-friendly was blocked off to the…
This is a very important election. I’m afraid I would like to know who I’m voting for. It’s obvious that our votes don’t matter to Colorado statewide officeholders or U.S.…
To cover my obligations, I put my own money into my campaign bank account, but naively did not know to record these with the secretary of state. When I became…
As someone who grew up in Durango and has gone off to school in the Midwest, it’s clear that our access to public lands is a large part of what…
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald <br><br>07-20-2018 – Durango- A coal truck drives down County Road 120, which has been improved and paved. This section of road was realigned, saving the historic barn.du1-i-syn…
Tim Gordon- President, Colorado Hemp Industry Association. Boulder
If the railroad (or any other operation that affected my way of life) had been started after I purchased a home, I would certainly have protested it. I would be…
Courtesy of Dan Nicholl and DHM Design<br><br>An underpass could connect the north end of Main Avenue to the Animas River Trail near 12th Street and improve safety for pedestrians.du1-i-syn City…
Ocean currents are changing and slowing, ice caps are melting and 98 percent of climate scientists are imploring us to take action. There are many locally represented organizations working on…
I understand there is no official cause listed yet; however, there is little doubt among rational and logical thinkers. Al Harper should be given kudos for contributing to the community…
We see many articles lately like “Heat, fires getting worse,” “118 heat records tied or broken,” worldwide. Many of these events are results of the changing climate of our home…
Take a closer look at the numbers and you can see that the train will still be pumping mercury, arsenic, benzene, sulfur dioxide and a host of other pollutants from…
I can’t say, “where are the parents?” because one of them was a parent playing ball in Walmart. Question: who is responsible if someone gets hurt by flying objects or…
The Goodlatte bill would have resulted in a 38 percent annual reduction in legal immigration and failed to offer a viable path to citizenship for our nation’s nearly 800,000 Dreamers.…
Today’s New Conservatives (root word, “con”) believe in a strong–man executive, a subservient Congress and a panoply of “alternative facts” served up by partisan “news” organizations and the White House…
I do the bulk of my shopping in the county, with Durango receiving the bulk of my purchases. Money used in transactions in a community generally stays there through several…
Pedestrians walk past a cordoned off area surrounding the vandalized star for Donald Trump on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)du1-i-syn It was not a…
Gold King discharged one slug of water that looked horrible; did not kill any fish and did no lasting damage to the river; its economic impact was limited to a…
So I consulted Mother Nature and she said, “I can give you my laws but it’s all yours now. Burning coal, methane emissions and using fossil gas and liquid fuels…
Can’t common sense prevail? Sally Florence Durango
