After battling heart and kidney failure, my father in Texas required surgery. I requested time off from work to take care of him and was allowed four unpaid days. I…
I do suggest that the railroad do more during summer with on-track real fire engines behind trains, fire-trained personnel, high-tech infrared detection, the ability to put out a train fire…
The “push” of crime and violence and the “pull” of better wages is irresistible for many. I have suggested for many years that we should create a Marshall Plan-like program…
Monday evening, July 2, one greedy and inconsiderate group of about 15 people took every last fruit to about 15 feet above the ground from a single tree that always…
Donald Trump speaks to the Republican Hindu Coalition in Edison, N.J. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)du1-i-syn The Hammonds, whose property is adjacent to the public lands, admitted they set the fire,…
Then came the second Great War, and the powers that be put certain groups of people in internment camps, supposedly for their own protection. Never mind that when the war…
He makes the case for future increases in natural gas extraction and transporting it via pipeline and shipping to Asia, adding that this strategy would increase Colorado jobs and our…
Our community, myself included, is sending gracious thoughts to the trained professionals working tirelessly to put this fire out and the local organizations that have been working to prevent wildfires…
I do not like this wildfire. I think they should run the steam trains on electric to heat the water. They can use solar panels on days when it is…
Yet, we have and vigorously defend a coal-burning train, often running its engines overnight downtown, running up and down our valley daily, with proven harmful particulate matter emissions. We had…
Then, pay attention to how he talks around that. He’s voted many times, including last year, to take health coverage from millions and millions of people. He’s been pretty quiet…
While past forest fire suppression has increased wildfire threat, so has a warming climate. The Forest Service website Climate Change forecasts a bleak future for the Southwest,with higher temperatures, less…
Why then did the mother of an 11-year-old, a military wife of 25 years, a woman with a brain tumor who was over-medicated by Axis Health (which was documented to…
A blanket of haze covers the morning, forecast is a red flag warning. By noon winds may blow smoke away, firefighters battle another day. Air drops of water and of…
Everyone agrees that the Garland/Gorsuch seat was stolen by the GOP. Sadly, Sen. Bennet chose to hide behind the quaint notion of bipartisanship and do nothing to stop this theft.…
I suggest a Diaspora Accord. The Paris Climate Accord recognizes correctly the responsibility developed nations have to poorer countries to make financial amends for creating climate change. But money won’t…
Durango Herald file<br><br>La Plata County Courthouse.du1-i-syn Lehmann is the 77-year-old driver who jumped a curb on North Main Avenue last year and killed two pedestrians, Allen Duke, a 22-year-old Fort…
Shane Benjamin/Durango Herald<br><br>A Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad train returns to Durango from Silverton on Tuesday evening.du1-i-syn Since the start of the 416 Fire on June 1, Silverton –…
I work in the Durango tourism industry and I realize that disbanding the train might have some short-term economic implications. Ultimately, however, people visit Durango to enjoy the mountains. They…
1. My friend from New Orleans told me about their rules for school backpacks. They must all be clear! This applies to public, private and charter schools. Teachers, principals and…
Wheeler’s work for Energy Fuels was limited to matters before the Department of the Interior and the and Department of Energy. None of his work for us was before EPA,…
I would especially like to thank the family on 25th Street with three little boys. They brought tears to my eyes every night that they were out and I was…
I have visited downtown Durango to shop, eat and do my part to support our local economy. Now, I’d like to help support the D&SNG by buying my 2018 summer…
Check the You Tube video at youtube/RVPPHkcG8lk to see the program that Fort Worth, Texas, is implementing by hiring the homeless to clean up the streets, paying them $10 an…
This is a call to all lovers/users of Hermosa Creek Trail to lobby the train to fund all the efforts toward Hermosa Creek Trail remediation. This is the least D&SNG…
