Spend the afternoon on the beaches within walking distance, wet a line, take a nap, whatever. This would give time for the parties that are involved to come up with…
So, what did we learn from this? Well, I would say (a) if the illegal campers had not camped in the bear’s home, then (b) the campers would have been…
I resent Amy Phillips, city clerk, putting a letter in my mailbox, asking me to vote “yes” on the city tax amendment. It was to save the ½-cent tax for…
In my view, all parties to this debacle acted in their own self-interests: Republicans have invested massive capital resisting and then trying to repeal meaningful health-care reform; Democrats and President…
Over the last few years I have been dedicating more and more of my time to developing programing for the Be Frank Foundation (a registered 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organization)…
One of my priorities has been to help with water storage on the main stem of the South Platte. My ultimate goal is to prevent the need for more transcontinental…
Abe Lincoln warned, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” The purveyors of partisan poison respond with, “Yo, Abe, I got your house divided right here, pal.” And Lao Tzu…
If he must leave, best wishes for success in his new endeavor! Clifford Capp Durango
For that reason, this dark and shabby project does not deserve recognition and amplification as something to be proud of. Our nation remains the only one which has had such…
Are we as American citizens to be silenced in a tirade from an individual, or furthermore this newspaper? I was under the impression that suppression evolves out of dictatorship. Are…
The scores of responsible owners in Durango of this exceptional breed are insulted by the suggestion that they would release their pets for the “dangerous spectacle” Smedley envisions and would…
How did Sen. Ellen Roberts, among other legislators, ever fall for Ivory’s sagebrush rebellion rhetoric? Did she really believe that someone taking thousands of dollars from the oil and gas…
What mistakes were made? How could it (seemingly) have come as a surprise to the board? Why was there no inkling of the coming crisis made public (in order to…
The Herald has since changed the wording on the website, which is appreciated, yet I want to address the larger impact of the Herald initially presenting a sexual assault using…
The bet made is that between the increasing value of residential real estate, your age and the money they advance you, they will make a reasonable return on their investment.…
The vote went along party lines: Republicans, including Roberts, for and Democrats opposed. Roberts accuses Planned Parenthood of attacking her “for the sin of speaking her mind.” But they opposed…
I’ve lived in Durango on and off since 2007. I’ve put in six years of work at restaurants and do random jobs such as landscaping, nannying, cleaning houses, taking care…
There are places in my House District where over 90 percent of the trees on federal land are dead. This has created the potential for a fire crisis of the magnitude that we…
Your generosity will help us maintain the integrity of the enclosures for the over 60 rescued animals that have a permanent home at WolfWood. Your donation will also help us…
I feel like I’m caught in an endless loop of that Johnny Cash song “Five feet high and rising” where he sings “Looks like we’ll be blessed with a little…
