The final audit found that our daughter and one other young woman worked 20 minutes past 7 p.m. one night during the Memorial Day weekend in 2012. Evidently, they were…
This “intervening year” law, with no voter approved mill levy changes for 2015, will make most property taxes very close to what they were last year. Some taxing areas actually…
In a way, it’s understandable why the Obama administration wants to avoid the term “radical Islam.” The rationale is the same for my own avoidance of the term “radical Christianity.”…
Last summer, a labor audit of a local business brought a sensational headline about the investigation. Despite “no comments” from the authorities involved, the Herald published it because Alison Dance…
Yet District 9-R’s current emphasis on academic assessment and reassessment leaves little time for anything else and, therefore, remains paramount in the classroom. How does this emphasis affect classroom culture…
This has significant implications for our community. When employees feel they are not valued, trusted or respected, morale plummets and staff turnover skyrockets. Of approximately 190 staff employed by the…
They both support the Keystone XL pipeline. For this  line to be built would require the federal government to condemn property owned by U.S. citizens so it can be used…
We are senior citizens who were raised in a different generation. Behavior like this would have been dealt with through the parents and juveniles. But this isn’t possible now, so…
Center for Rural Affairs The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced more than $18 million in funding available to support training, mentoring, and development of beginning farmers and ranchers through the…
Alison Dance has been my employer at Eno/Cyprus Cafe for a little over 2 years. I am still employed by her, and was employed by her during the time period…
Yes, I get that she made some mistakes, but I believe she admitted to such negligence. To my knowledge, she has paid the financial penalties and has further renovated Cyprus…
Her sermon title, “The Continuous Struggle,” came from King who said, “Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” The title sums up…
Maryland case highlights key issues of parental responsibility and freedom
Invariably, Odette Zenizo at the want-ads desk is happy to help and runs our ad for a couple of weeks. We usually end up with 20 calls and three or…
An exterminator set baited traps, and the cats were terrified and went into hiding. We were told we could not water or feed the cats after the exterminator was called.…
Durango Editor’s note: Susan Moss is a professor in Fort Lewis College’s Department of Art and Design.
To the best of my knowledge, the proponents and the city of Durango got what they wanted. Now, the city government wants to extend this unfair tax for no specific…
Republicans are proposing even more outrageous anti-choice laws. Another bill allows emergency room personnel to refuse service even if a woman requires an abortion because her life is immediately threatened…
He quietly gave of himself and his time so that people, particularly youth, could participate in outdoor adventures and learning experiences. In memory of Art, a fund is being set…
The cats that formally resided in our parking lot and at the staff entrance of SJBHD were taken to new homes in September of 2014. Before September 2014, unattended cat…
She addresses a number of issues, one of which is the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline and her comments are at least disingenuous. Many in Congress want to approve…
