Remembering 2013
Saying goodbye to an eventful year that nonetheless sets the stage for better times
DATE: Dec 28, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Hollis Walker
Position: Opinion editor
Email:
hwalker@durangoherald.com
Phone Number:
(970), 375-4522
Public land
More than environmentalism; protecting a valuable driver of our recreation economy
DATE: Dec 21, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
What irks is not loss of Amdt. 66, but the lies around it
So, it came as a shock – the results of the Amendment 66 vote back on Nov. 5 – when Colorado voters resoundingly said “no” to increasing funding for the state’s schools. I guess I live in th...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Colorado leading
State’s payday lending reforms are a model for other states and the nation
DATE: Dec 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
It’s tough educating when funding is tight
Public education is one of the greater gifts a community can provide a child, and every parent hopes their child will succeed within an academic setting so they can move forward and find suc...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Vaccination education
State panel heading in positive direction for public health
DATE: Dec 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
The long habit of not thinking a thing is wrong
Each visit to the beautiful museum the Southern Ute community has built in Ignacio to portray its long history brings to mind questions that are similar to those I have when I visit family a...
DATE: Dec 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Learning opportunities will help inform life in the coming Legislative session
Colorado’s legislators work, theoretically, part-time, so while juggling meetings and constituent work, I try to fit in other learning experiences to expand my knowledge and abilities as a l...
DATE: Dec 3, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Post-war America headed to ‘Roaring Twenties’
The war now slipped into memory as a new America saw times changing rapidly in so many ways. The telephone had been around for over a generation, but in rural America, it was just taking hol...
DATE: Nov 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Obamacare works!
Personal experience was wholly satisfying and saved money
DATE: Nov 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
Geiger counter clicks do not measure risk to health
In last month’s column (Herald. Oct. 6), I discussed how fear of nuclear radiation on the part of the general public was causing governments, most recently Japan and Germany, to make serious...
DATE: Nov 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
China’s family-size rules
Government still controlling with demographics-prompted change
DATE: Nov 24, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman
