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Thanks to LPEA board and staff for bill credit

I just read that La Plata Electric Association was a leader in obtaining a settlement with its power supplier Tri-State Generation & Transmission for a rate reduction of 4% over the next two...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tribute to a drill sergeant

Sgt. First Class James Connell Jr. trained me as a new Basic Training Recruit at Fort Benning, Georgia. I endured everything he and that hot, humid environment could throw at me for 3½ mon...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Use money to place weather radar system

My first thought upon reading the article “$15.8M in federal relief to land in La Plata County” (May 20) was to hope that local governments will seriously consider using some of that money ...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Use your turn signal at roundabouts

Apparently with the advent of full electronics guiding one’s every movement, breath and heartbeat, the average driver has either become numb to basic courtesy, rude or just plain out of body...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

U.S. Senate is a herd of sheep

Russian President Vladimir Putin has found himself a herd of sheep to distribute his poison. Sadly, it is some of our very own U.S. senators and the president. José B. Quintana ...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Join the fight to end Alzheimer's

I just attended the 2021 Alzheimer’s Impact Movement Advocacy Forum. Held virtually this year, over 1,200 Alzheimer’s advocates from across the nation met with members of Congress to discuss...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Why the disparity among local cemeteries?

I am 100% fed up. For nearly 40 years now, we have been tending family graves at Red Mesa Cemetery. Even at a young age, I knew those who take care of these gravesites on Memorial Day in thi...

DATE: Jun 2, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘Sustainable tourism’ not actually sustainable

Thank you, Jim McMahon, for a succinct, thoughtful, and to my mind “right on” letter regarding “sustainable tourism” (May 26, “Durango’s lodgers tax isn’t funding sustainability”). Your comm...

DATE: May 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Wheeler effective in first term at LPEA

This is a critical year to be a voter in the upcoming La Plata Electric Association election, as we have the opportunity to re-elect our experienced and knowledgeable board member Tim Wheele...

DATE: May 29, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote like your grandchildren's lungs depend on it

We have come so far. Just a few years ago, members of the La Plata Electric Board of Directors were openly pro-fossil fuels. Today, even the most conservative candidates acknowledge the neg...

DATE: May 28, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Potential LPEA contender endorses Compton instead

This year I will be supporting Ted Compton for the District 3 open seat on the La Plata Electric Association Board. Like every year, there is one open seat in each of the four voting distric...

DATE: May 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cast your vote in LPEA board election

As a member of La Plata Electric Association, I believe we need a change of management at FastTrack, of which LPEA owns 75% . FastTrack controls the vast majority of fiber in La Plata County...

DATE: May 26, 2021 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

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Photos: IHBC Subaru Mountain Bike RaceCobe Freeburn, Sofia Waite were victorious on Sunday19201280Women's pro riders take off from the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Durango's Kai Lokey (129) gets ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike men's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Men's pro riders take off from the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Lauren Aggeler (164), Erin Osborne (222) and Ruby Ryan (right) get ready at the start line of the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike women's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Kolben Preble rides through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Tilia Clausen passes through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Lily Jackson makes her way down the Rim Trail during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Zack Jensen pops a wheelie as he passes through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike men's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Maxx Chance interacts with the crowd as he passes through the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike men's pro race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Kip Sevenoff climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Tyler Remlinger climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Lily Jackson climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Hudson Seeman climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike Race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Todd Wells climbs a ramp into the Steamworks Brewing Co. patio during the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic Subaru Mountain Bike pro men's race on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Sofia Waite celebrates her first-place finish with Erin Osborne, who took second place, in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro women's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19202880Sofia Waite claims first place in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro women's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Cobe Freeburn crosses the finish line in first place in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro men's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)19201280Austin Beard takes second place with a stylish finish in the Subaru Mountain Bike pro men's race at the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic on Sunday in Durango. (Wyatt Richards/Special to the Herald)
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