Opinion

High-interest loans

protects vulnerable Coloradans

June 7, 2015

Clean out Durango’s illegal campsites

The upshot is that humans camp illegally and disregard all cautions about keeping a clean camp, and especially not having…

ALC claims about state land are absurd

Currently, only 20 percent of the public lands managed by Colorado are open to the public for recreation. The other…

Transients are now a statewide problem

True homelessness is a horse of a different color! With the state’s effort to pioneer the “green rush” of legal…

Hillcrest needs to put the public first

The Hillcrest Board’s golf priorities are certainly not the same priorities as mine and of others I know. A public…

Move sewer plant away from Santa Rita

I propose to the city of Durango and the members of the STEAM Park committee to move the wastewater treatment…

SB 268 part of ongoing effort to kill Roe

The vote went along party lines: Republicans, including Roberts, for and Democrats opposed. Roberts accuses Planned Parenthood of attacking her…

Free speech means vetsâ€™ job well done

I could not understand what was up, as I did not recognize her as an ex-wife of mine. Then It…

Bear paid the price for illegal camping

Sadly, the bear paid the ultimate price for the illegal campers’ stupidity as well as their total lack of respect…

Do we need to hear daily about pot?

This leaves, however, two questions that have puzzled me for three years now. First, why did the Herald find it…

Hometown kids

all of its challenges, La Plata Countyoffers its young many opportunities

Opinion

Ignacio Booster Club thanks donors

They are Ignacio Floral & Gifts, Walker’s Do It Best, First National Bank, The Heller Corporation, Tru Auto Deals, Inc,…

Opinion

Let’s all swap our stuff on Yard Sale Day

Either you’re a bargain hunter out to find a forgotten Picasso, or a neat freak who wants to sell those…

Property taxes are due by June 15

In the state of Colorado, this interest penalty is set at 1 percent per month. This is “simple” interest, so…

DNF ready to move ahead, sans baggage

This includes consideration of a merger with La Montañita Co-op. Per the bylaws, any such merger would have been approved…

School violence

Holding schools accountable for the safety of their students makes sense

Data collection

order required for phone records

Illegal camping will lead to a tragedy

But then you see the picture of the illegal camp right there on the front-page, and it just slams you…

Roberts eyeing criminal-law career?

Supposing a woman was hit and miscarried, or maybe someone yelled at her, and she grew tense and miscarried. Or…

Powerhouse Science Center will be back

But I would like to correct one impression the editorial made: Nana Naisbitt was not the problem. Quite the contrary,…

Naisbitt key to a second chance for PSC

If there had been other options, I’m sure the Powerhouse Science Center (PSC) board would have chosen them before making…

Illegal camping

should not have to pay the price for Durango’s social problems