Opinion

Vacation rentals offer supplemental income

The Short Term Rental Advocacy Center exists to lobby municipalities, which place so many restrictions on homeowners who wish to…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Don’t sell Animas River’s soul

It’s also a slap in the face to those traditional river users who have used this stretch of river as…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Tipton took stand for land, water fund

The Land and Water Conservation Fund celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In 1964, the LWCF was established to protect…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Assessor’s team on county appraisal mission

Next year, all properties in Colorado will receive a notice of value. With the break in the weather, appraisers from…

May 13, 2014

Editorials

Debtors’ prison

Measure will end Colorado’s practice of jailing those too poor to pay fines

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Dance, Berman understand renewables

For almost all of this time, coal has provided the cheapest reliable source of power. As we have been reminded…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

LPEA is not a business but a cooperative

But he’s wrong; LPEA is a cooperative. As such, its purpose is not to maximize the return to shareholders, which…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Sorting the believers from deniers

Tom Byrne Durango

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Research on climate change readily available

Global temperature data collected for more than 100 years clearly shows average temperatures are increasing. The 1980s had a significant…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

We’re concerned citizens for Bill Waters

Among them is the need for clean, renewable and affordable energy. Bill is a hard-working, dedicated businessman who understands how…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Leave open space alone for once

Dan Corbett Durango

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Waters is the right candidate for LPEA

His opponent is a single-issue candidate who doesn’t respect our country’s flag, LPEA or its employees. I encourage everyone to…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Late-arriving parking bill is onerous

Whatever the reason, I find it onerous to be required to pay a bill that arrives in my mail box…

May 13, 2014

Editorials

Mercury’s sale

does this mean for jobs in Durango?

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Voice support for residential neighborhoods

The planning department has created four scenarios where vacation rentals would be increased in the old neighborhoods, EN1 and EN2.…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Market dismisses ‘toxic’ lemonade vendor

The reasons for my denial: Lemons are not locally grown, shortage of physical space, duplication of products and my “past…

May 13, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Rightful owner failed to do proper research

Had the owner checked the lost and found listings, he or she would have gotten the bike back right away.…

May 12, 2014

Editorials

‘High-risk’ wells

Developing effective and reasonable rules has to be based on sound information

May 12, 2014

Letters to the Editor

NRA is not a well-regulated militia

As a few Herald editorials have pointed out (with solid logic), none of these controls would infringe on the right…

May 12, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Dance, Berman will help choose best CEO

Alison Dance and Jeff Berman are the two 2014 LPEA board candidates best qualified to guide the board in this…

May 11, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Dance will help keep energy, dollars local

Anna Peterson Durango

May 11, 2014

Editorials

Public lands

are the property of all Americans, not just those nearby who want to use them

May 11, 2014

Editorial Cartoons

Construction

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May 10, 2014

Letters to the Editor

Berman, Dance forward-thinking candidates

However, it did not go up in 2014. Why not? Because new LPEA board members get elected every year, and…

May 10, 2014