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We are living in a new era

As Los Angeles burned for days on end, scientists made an announcement that 2024 was the hottest year on record. With temperatures rising around the globe scientists are warning that the wor...

DATE: Jan 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

One man is celebrating Trump’s inauguration

On Monday, I did something I’d never done in my 69 years on Earth. I stood on a corner, at the same time as President Donald Trump’s inauguration, with an American flag and a sign that read ...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Is it time for an election do-over?

A Jan. 15 headline in The Colorado Sun reads: “Colorado Springs leaders may try recreational pot measure again, claiming voters who approved it were ‘confused.’” Apparently, some city counci...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Men should bear equal responsibility for new life

A simple biological fact: Pollen germinates flowers, creating the seeds of life. Pollen, being the “male” aspect, combines with the “feminine” flower, which then bear the fruit. Why is it, t...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Wildfire prevention requires saying no to industrial-scale solar

Dave Marston’s red flag warning (Herald, Jan. 15) about wildfire danger in La Plata County comes with three prevention “basics.” I’d suggest adding a fourth: Deny construction of large-scal...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

God save America, or is it too late?

Jan. 20, 2025, America made a justly convicted felon the president of the most powerful nation in the world. God save America, or is it too late? Tim Fleming Bloomfield ...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Firefighters don’t distinguish between red, white and blue

As a rather temporarily displaced Durangoan currently living in the Los Angeles area, I was both heartened and more than a bit proud to read the article “Local fire departments hit the road ...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Chalk art does not equal support for premeditated murder

The letter, “Leftist crazies now support premeditated murder” (Herald, Jan. 19), is exactly what I picture when I think of the word “propaganda.” Not only does the writer not include a sing...

DATE: Jan 26, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Hero worship: Jimmy Carter and us

I was on a Baptist mission trip in Southeast Asia in 1976 when a newspaper appeared at my motel door proclaiming Jimmy Carter as winner of the U.S. presidential election. Local people asked ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

9-R, sexual imprinting and a step too far

A well-known psychological characteristic of humans and other animals is called “sexual imprinting.” The salient idea is that young children and animals undergo a psychological process where...

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

He will always be felon Trump

Our method for choosing leaders has become so perverted, corrupted so completely that a criminal enterprise commandeered a political party to nominate and secure the election of a convicted ...

DATE: Jan 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Is Durango 9-R School District really all-inclusive?

As we know, local Durango 9-R School District has repeatedly boasted and stood strong for an all-inclusive environment, welcoming of all students and staff. But, are they really all-inclusi...

DATE: Jan 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango High School girls basketball wins bigDHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

DHS girls basketball defeat Montrose in Sweet 16 game at DHS on Wednesday

Photos: Horsing around

Photos: Winter storm leaves over a foot of snow

Photos: FLC hoops at WhalenSkyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Skyhawks women’s and men’s basketball teams lose to Colorado Mesa

Photos: Fashion at its bestSnowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Snowdown Fashion Do’s and Don’ts

Photos: Snowdown on SaturdaySnowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Snowdown’s Canine Fashion Show and Outlaw Josie Pete’s Golf

Photos: Snowdown Rock-em-Sock-em Snowbots pillow fights

Snowdown Light Parade can boast another successful yearLights flashed, fire trucks wailed and a foam cannon spewed suds

Bright lights, screaming fire trucks and children bundled up so thoroughly it seemed like an army of Michelin men had taken over downtown Durango. Yep. It’s the much anticipated Snowdown light parade, this year distinguished by a crowd of onlookers peppered with scrabble tiles, Clue characters and playing cards.

Locals flocked to Main Avenue on Friday to get a look (and maybe a Smartie or two) at the floats parading through town on various, creatively decorated vehicles. There were some obvious standouts at this year’s board game-themed parade. After a fire truck’s opening sirens came the Purgatory car, toting a brightly lit ski bum moonlighting as a DJ, likely giving the women of Durango some unpleasant déjà vu. Best dressed had to go to the Colorado Department of Transportation’s bulldozer, wearing the most believable Hungry Hungry Hippos costume seen yet. Biggest crowd pleaser? The dancers boogieing to Chappell Roan’s “HOT TO GO!” while the crowd sang and wiggled along. But what got the biggest rise out of the onlookers was the white plumes of motorcycle exhaust, courtesy of the Harley-Davidson club. The smell of burning octane was a convincing enough reason for people to briefly unclutch the rails and step away from their coveted positions at the front of the fence. Last but not least, another machine spewing its interior into the crowd: a foam cannon, the first one to make an appearance in the history of Snowdown. Much better received than exhaust, it extracted gleeful screams from kids and adults alike. jbowman@durangoherald.com