Columnists - The Durango Herald

Dreyspring: A letter from the CEO to the Membership - What I see for LPEA when it comes to power supply.

Annually, La Plata Electric Association compares itself to approximately 800 other U.S. electric cooperatives. The most recent data we have is for 2016. Tri-State’s wholesale powe...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Unger: Fulfilling LPEA’s environmental and economic mission

It has been a year since I first explored the idea of running for the Board of Directors of La Plata Electric Association. I was fortunate enough to be elected by the people of District 4 to...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Boyfriend’s fidelity questioned

DEAR ABBY: I am 19 and love my boyfriend a lot. He is very sweet and would do anything for me. However, I am beginning to think there may be someone else. The someone else is a man. ...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Bresnahan: Kit Carson leading the way with distributed energy

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative has become a target of unfair criticism because of its break from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. We represent a threat to the current way...

DATE: Feb 24, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

You are never too old to be a detective in nature

The San Juan Mountains are finally looking like their winter selves! It’s so wonderful to see the life-sustaining snow blanketing our favorite craggy peaks. Snow provides more th...

DATE: Feb 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land

What’s in a name?

Even though the name of this column is “What’s Up Downtown,” today I am writing about north Main Avenue. Many people do not know that Durango Business Improvement District (BID) works for no...

DATE: Feb 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: What's Up Downtown

Schultz: The children shall lead us – and leave us behind

At 8:18 p.m. on May 4, 1970, just hours after Ohio National Guardsmen killed four students and wounded nine others during an anti-war rally at Kent State University, R.J. Casey of Pittsburgh...

DATE: Feb 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Promise to daughter not kept

DEAR ABBY: I suffer from a debilitating, rare, chronic illness. Two years ago, my parents convinced me to move across the country to live with them in an unfamiliar city. They promised i...

DATE: Feb 23, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Freidman: Get out of Facebook and into the NRA’s face

Cameron Kasky, a 17-year-old at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who survived last week’s mass shooting, wrote a beautiful essay for CNN.com that declared: “At the end of the day, the st...

DATE: Feb 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

Ganahl and Shoemaker: Keeping college affordable and a great investment

We have a unique perspective on college affordability that not many students or parents get, but it is one we’re happy to share. Our insight comes first and foremost as parents an...

DATE: Feb 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Bulimic employee embarrassed

DEAR ABBY: My psychiatrist’s office called and left a very sensitive voice message about my bulimia on a message machine shared with other individuals. Our voice messages are sent transc...

DATE: Feb 22, 2018 | CATEGORY: Dear Abby

Joswick: Perspective and the paradox of property rights

A truth: When the county goes to work on its land-use code, it is poking a stick into the hornets’ nest. So it is no surprise that this latest county effort is eliciting some pre...

DATE: Feb 21, 2018 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Photos: Navajo Trail OpenFriday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Friday was the first day of the Navajo Trail Open at Hillcrest Golf Club

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.