Colorado’s education system has been suffering financially for a long time. Despite being the 14th wealthiest state in the country, we rank 42nd in per-pupil funding for our students. Time…
If you really, really want a gun, you should get one; this is, after all, a free country. Who knows, you may be the person who does step in and…
If gun control is so great, why does President Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago, with the toughest gun control in the nation, show that there were 1,827 shootings since the…
He may as well claim there has been one automobile accident in the U.S. in the past decade. When he referred to the time frame of the past 50 years,…
His often tumultuous relationship with Durango authorities, the friendship and help of the Mancos ranching family the Wetherills, who rediscovered Mesa Verde while hunting lost cows, and arrest and jailing…
As I understand the argument, it’s not a question of if potential local renewable generation would be purchased but who would do the negotiation for the rate we all would…
The funding will go to the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, a public-private initiative that connects America’s youths and veterans with job opportunities that conserve and protect natural resources. This…
Continuous water quality monitoring not only alerts officials to blowout events, it also is linked to over 20 years of data on metals concentration. This historic relationship is used to…
Instead of focusing on the recent slaughter in Orlando, The Durango Herald (June 26) chose to honor sin with a large front page picture of the gay parade and a…
Why not call it what it is, a celebration of those who define themselves by their sexual orientation? Christians usually define themselves by their faith orientation. I would guess Durango…
As the original home base and training facility for the 10th Mountain Division, Camp Hale is one of Colorado’s most prominent ties to World War II. More than 14,000 men…
The article begins with a photo of Kaitlin Johnsen following the rules by carrying a bag of waste from her dogs. This photo is a perfect example of the complete…
I wanted to take a few minutes to publicly thank two local businesses for the outstanding job they did to help us out, and let the people of Durango know…
The current tenor of our politics seems to fan the flames of fear and encourage us to go beyond holding the guilty accountable and to demonize whole groups of people.…
Yes, my 2- year-old is fiery, passionate and bull-headed. While I wouldn’t change that about him, we are trying to have him channel that passion in more constructive means other…
That is not the case. England, its United Kingdom neighbors and the European Union all have options. So, too, do other EU members. Few of those options are attractive and…
We already have a ton of them. We don’t need any more. What if tourism heads south, especially since the Environmental Protection Agency sent toxic sludge down our river? The…
The current financial structure of the Southern Ute Tribe, separating the Growth Fund from the Permanent Fund and diversifying the tribe’s income structure away from exclusive reliance on oil and…
This 5-3 ruling stands in direct opposition to the broadest and most effective efforts to restrict abortion. As such it is a significant victory for women’s rights. The decision came…
We all have preferences. When you go to a restaurant and your preferred entree isn’t available, you might be inconvenienced, but you are still able to order something else. Preference…
Republicans have roundly criticized the ACA since its inception in 2008, but this is the first time they have proposed a mostly complete plan of their own. As would be…
Americans dearly love their holidays, and attention is often focused more on the celebratory aspects of Independence Day than on the reason for the celebrations in the first place. But…
I believe that most people in the criminal justice system are good people who have made mistakes. We need to focus on addressing the root causes of people’s criminal behavior,…
On one particular evening while working on a case, I had hung up the phone with Christian Champagne. Moments later he was at my office asking if I was OK.…
If the mother works and the children are in day care, she must now stay home and will no longer be contributing financially. No money for food, and the mother…
Does Mr. Doob have any sense of social responsibility? If he does not think that it’s worth spending 47 cents for a stamp to exercise one of the greatest rights…
I’ve had the opportunity to sit down with Christian and talk to him about his service to our community as assistant district attorney for the past nine years. As he…
Recently, there has been national outrage over the six-month jail term given to a Stanford student who raped an unconscious woman. In our district, my opponent gave a local man…
I really appreciate that Christian has done more than just be a prosecutor. He has been actively involved in community issues that are important to us all. He has written…
