du1-i-syn Coleman wasted no time in making the investments he pledged not only in Purgatory, but also Hesperus Ski Area, which he brought into his family of resorts in 2016.…
Ruedi Beardu1-i-syn That post on the Facebook page of Ruedi Bear’s daughter, Barbara Frontella, sums up the life of a man who lived large and left a big mark. Ruedi…
Ever go to the refrigerator and get that container of cream cheese for a bagel you just toasted only to be disappointed that it is not what you had hoped…
He believes that we have pushed planet Earth into a whole new stage of the geological time scale, leaving behind the Holocene epoch which began 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.…
I’m skeptical of the review announced last week by President Trump that could scale back or even abolish national monuments in Colorado and elsewhere established in recent decades by presidents…
HB 1321 is a necessary, and expected, attempt to address funding shortfall
You will hear an outcry in this unsettled world, but we could depend on our paper. Please reconsider this “super” decision. Lucy Olson Durango
What I find unsettling is that the vast majority of U.S. jobs are not in manufacturing but in the service sector. Service sector jobs (retail, restaurants, health care, education, service…
While in no way an educated man, I am smart enough to come in out of the rain and put the toilet seat down. With my time served on the…
David Brooksdu1-i-syn Many of them reacted to Trump’s shocking election victory in the fall with the view, which was justified at the time, that Trump represented a unique and unprecedented…
For example, a geologist would view the situation on a much larger time scale than the last 50-100 years and might see it as insignificant. A chemist might tell us…
Legislature’s efforts to fund state infrastructure may fall short for another year
The majority voters were not just from California and New York, they live throughout our country and they voted. This minority President does not have a mandate to make sweeping…
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>After several nervous days of waiting and hoping the water levels of the Animas River wouldn’t climb to high and carry the Canadian goose nest away with five…
In the increasingly important fight for the protection of our planet, Rachel Landis is the best candidate. I have known Rachel for the last six years, and I have been…
You have an article about how the Rockies powered over the Giants, but there was no way of knowing that the Rockies are now first in their division, and that…
I work with two wonderful women who mentored Crystal Martinez and her children for years. Crystal would come into the office in Bodo always happy and very loving to all…
The Herald endorsed Davin Montoya, endorsing Davin’s position that renewables are too expensive. Perhaps that was true in the past, but not now. Now, renewable power provides the lowest electric…
Yet domestic sheep are allowed to graze on public lands in the vicinity of bighorn sheep in the Weminuche Wilderness. The sheep in question are owned by former Colorado State…
Rachel Landis is the candidate who can be counted on to lead our co-op in clean energy. She has deep roots in the environmental world, working as coordinator of the…
He hadn’t even read the prepared background information on the impacts (good and bad) of waiving LPEA’s rights to negotiate with Tri-State to allow more local, qualified energy producing facilities,…
At both meetings, he attempted to restrain discussions from the members who had shown up to speak. It would seem that the current LPEA board is more interested in the…
However, this upcoming La Plata Electric Association election represents an opportunity I hope local county residents don’t pass up. We have a chance to increase non-service sector jobs, something which…
I would like to bring up a bit of history, a fact that many of us may have forgotten: La Plata Electric Association brought high-speed internet to the Four Corners.…
It’s surprising, then, for The Durango Herald’s editorial board (Herald, March 15) to opine that “state legislatures do not have a role to play” when it comes to the Colorado…
Lead archaeologist for Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, Vince Macmillan, discusses the significance of the Saddle Horn Pueblo behind him during a tour of Sand Canyon in 2012.Durango Herald…
Are we too low on the totem poll to listen to and ask questions? Aren’t we your constituents also? John Hopkins Durango
Joe is an outstanding board member. Most of us have no idea the significance of his contributions to LPEA and our entire community. In addition to bringing his business and…
Arbor Day in Durango is not limited to the third or fourth Friday in April
I’m sure Davin Montoya would like to have a low-key, low-turnout La Plata Electric Association election so he can be elected to another three-year term after already being on the…
