Lester Holt, anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, spent some time reflecting on his four-decade career in an interview for Esquire’s summer 2023 edition. On the front lines…
The editorial in The Journal and The Durango Herald on the pet store ordinance that Durango is considering was called a “feel good” ordinance. That isn’t a bad thing, but…
For an afternoon social event, I highly recommend that you bring your lawn chair to watch City Market’s north parking lot on north Main Avenue. Please, carefully select your location…
Issuing an industrial rezoning for the logging operation at the west entrance to Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez goes against everything the city has previously done for its park system…
My husband and I are against rezoning the Independent Log Co. property from commercial to industrial. Our home is adjacent to ILC’s 10 acres. Cortez’s regulations define the reasons for…
U.S. must create green jobs if income eliminated
Katie StewartZSANEE_PHOTOGRAPHY Signed into law 58 years ago, Medicare revolutionized health care for America’s seniors. It cut the number of uninsured older Americans to near zero. It lowered costs, improved…
Andrew Gulliford On Aug. 1, 1876, Colorado became a state. As a territory, we had tried to get Congress to agree before, but President Andrew Johnson vetoed the legislation. A…
Independent Log Co. owns a 10-acre parcel of land at 1050 Lebanon Road in Cortez. If its industrial re-zoning application is approved, ILC plans to mill logs, erect log cabin…
I have seen Donald Trump rallies in Iowa and around the U.S. I see women young and old cheer him. Don’t they know he was found liable for sexually abusing…
Too many times, I hear or read of people referring to socialism as a system to which the U.S .should turn. Often cited examples of successful socialist countries include the…
I raise concern about the shrinking availability of services at Mercy Hospital (formerly Mercy Regional Medical Center). Pre-Centura, there was certainly greater availability at Mercy of urology, cardiology and gastroenterology…
Durango is a dog friendly town, some might say obsessed. We have two dogs ourselves and all of our neighbors have dogs. People leave water out for dogs being walked…
What to name municipal legislation proposing a ban on sales of puppies and kittens at retail pet stores? Paw Patrol? No, wait. That’s the name of a little kids’ show…
Our recent movie night at Buckley Park was fantastic. The park was filled with a diverse array of happy people all laughing and cheering together throughout “The Sandlot.” I appreciate…
Here in Southwest Colorado, we’ve experienced a wet winter and spring, which relieved the years-long drought and decreased the wildfire risk. However, now in July, the abundant grass and weeds…
A story about Kroger’s and Albertsons’ CEOs giving details on the controversial $25 billion merger was published on Sunday in The Denver Post. As rural outposts, neither Durango nor Cortez…
All it takes is one look at Independent Log Co.’s northeast property line where it meets the trailhead for the 72-acre Carpenter Natural Area to understand that the city of…
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission recently approved Regulation 7, a new standard requiring the Air Pollution Control Division, and oil and gas operators to directly measure methane emissions and use…
This letter is based on a true experience I had hiking recently. I encountered a Texas man hiking alone, going up a trail, who was looking for the parking lot,…
If you are interested in accelerating climate change solutions, you may be interested in the newly proposed PROVE IT Act. It will act as a precursor, paving the way for…
We are among the many disappointed that Chimney Rock National Monument, the Puebloan archaeological site between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs, will close to the public when the major lunar standstill…
I recently read this and I thought this was very appropriate, as this is the way my wife and I have lived our lives, as did our families. “The American’s…
There have been a number of anti-Republican posts and commentaries in The Durango Herald over the last few months. Anti-Democrat posts, not so much. I suppose that with the Democrat…
