Our prayers were answered by a team from La Plata County Search and Rescue: Ron Corkish, Jaaron Mankins, Matt King, Stony Molina and volunteer U.S. Forest Service ranger Keith Roush.…
Heinous acts of violence make the 24-hour, global news – something horrible is happening to someone, somewhere, all the time – but good leadership would point out that these are…
When I went to drop off my children on the first day of school at Needham, instead of being greeted by their teachers and cheerily festooned classrooms, I was met…
This hardly means the debate about community self-determination and ensuring protections for public health and the environment is going away. In fact, the state Legislature’s inability to come up with…
It is not a religion. 97 percent of climate scientists are convinced, based upon the evidence, that human-caused global warming is happening. These are “climate scientists,” not physicists or other…
Conversely, ColoradoCare’s priority is the health care of real Coloradans. That’s why ColoradoCare will eliminate outrageous artificial pricing set by insurance companies. The facts about ColoradoCare are that you choose…
The changes were most visible at Durango’s three elementary schools, where parents accustomed to freely escorting their youngsters into new classrooms instead encountered what some described as “chaos” before their…
I first met Barbara when she was teaching English and advising the student newspaper at Durango High School, and I was teaching English and advising the newspaper at Fort Lewis…
As I understand, this proposal would raise our income taxes, as retirees and self-employed, to almost 15 percent and perhaps not even allow us to access already earned benefits which…
It’s time to relocate the Durango Chamber of Commerce building
Got the flu, high blood pressure, an ankle sprain? No problem. Though Southwest Colorado is designated as a health professional shortage area with a medically underserved population, primary care is…
However, Wildcat has now ruined a beautiful wetland pond, destroyed Little Deadwood Gulch, created portals, carved roads, moved an entire mill, built bridges and oh, not to forget two sediment…
Ritchey’s comment that we are proposing a $90 million reconstruction is incorrect. After discussions months ago with our consultants, the county commissioners and Durango City Council decided on a number…
There would be fewer body bags, severed limbs and civilian casualties, and post-traumatic stress disorder and ISIS would not be issues. Sally Florence Durango
I support Amendment 71 because it would create a critical distinction between initiatives to alter the Colorado Constitution and those to enact laws. The constitution should provide the framework for…
A teacher at Durango High School for 20 years, McLachlan has experienced firsthand the detrimental impact our current funding deficits can have on students, teachers and administrators alike. But detrimental…
We do not need more hotels. They have already built many recently – La Quinta, Fairfield, Holiday Inn, Homewood Suites, etc. That does not include all the ones we already…
But it should also be seen as an opportunity. Given the broad and serious effect such a cut would have, the possibility should be the occasion for a meaningful statewide…
I remember when the dissemblers called it global warming. I am sure that Mr. Veals’ eyes are all aglow at the thought of gaining his share of the billions of…
Remember, your job is to give the positive and negative in the news, not to try to sway people with your opinions and in the style you write. Just report…
Foukas has the cost of providing medical care and salaries confused. The $629,000 covered both salaries and all medical costs. Foukas failed to mention the contract with SHP doesn’t cover…
And isn’t this an amendment to “fix” all of those things wrong with Obamacare, after Pelosi urged Congress to pass it so we could see what was in it? To…
Whether you are one of those who do or have observed this activity, I want to speak in particular of the residents on the Dryside. There are families who still…
The fluoride we use in Durango is derived from the smokestack scrubbers of the fertilizer industry, containing traces of arsenic, mercury, lead and radon. In liquid form, it’s hydroflurosilicic acid.…
While Jackie Caudill’s letter to the editor (Herald, Aug. 10) correctly referenced several parts of the proposed amendment, she made badly skewed interpretations of them. She wrote that “ColoradoCare is…
We know them when we see them. We think of people who exemplify the best in all of us, who possess a deep sense of purpose and act on it…
While the circumstances in this case may raise concerns of coming forward, asking for help and being believed, this legal action is far from the national norm. If you are…
I visited our local post office to set up having her mail delivered here. After the usual 20-minute wait, I was abruptly told to use the online form to change…
At the meeting, several citizens shared the belief that sloppy production systems can be tightened up to reduce methane leakage. In support of that claim we pointed to findings dating…
Evidently, the Obama administration and environmental powerhouse lobbies don’t care about maintaining national treasures, just gaining them. Zero credibility is what federal government gets when sites are closed or mismanaged…
