Innovative action beats a do-nothing loudmouth. Alex Walker is not your average candidate who rambles on or brags about past campaigns. Instead, you hear something innovative and passionate, actual three-point…
Application didn’t articulate how to include most vulnerable students
La Plata County’s Board of County Commissioners, as well as the county staff, law enforcement and legal professionals, stand behind our ongoing efforts to find workable solutions to mitigate the…
Congratulations to The Durango Herald editorial board for their continued dedication to endorsing liberals for Congress, adding none other than Don Coram to the list. Nevermind that the Pulitzer Prize-winning…
Historically, right, left share blame in where we are today
The city of Durango should support the SOIL project spearheaded by Durango School District 9-R teacher Charlie Love and partners in creating a new community garden on the Riverview Elementary…
Everyone who lives in the 3rd Congressional District should be very proud. Apparently, our “congerswoman” Lauren Boebert has written a book to be released in July. The obvious questions: Does…
Over the weekend, Lauren Boebert appeared at an event in Colorado Springs and claimed that Jesus didn’t have enough AR-15s to keep his government from killing him. And she represents…
The Democratic Party and their media outlets are godless pimps. They are committed to push their agenda to kill the unborn, raise prices on everything and frame the last president.…
This is a response to a letter June 8 in The Durango Herald. We Democrats are not “revealing that our candidates are not worth a tinker’s damn,” as the writer…
Juneteenth – it’s now a national holiday! Creating a holiday sure is easier than looking at reparations. Until that discussion is more widely held, let’s celebrate from 4 to 6…
The every-other-year Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which for years has provided crucial insights into middle- and high-schoolers’ physical, mental, social and behavioral health, has been in conservatives’ cross hairs before.…
In its June 1 editorial, “Sin, Vice, Virtue in Ascent application,” The Durango Herald lauds the First Amendment’s protection of the separation of church and state, and the right to…
Joe Lewandowski’s letter to the editor is spot on. Dems should not vote in the Republican primary. We can beat Boebert. How? By voting for Sol Sandoval. I am backing…
One of the reasons why our POTUS is traveling to discuss gas spigot issues with Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is because we are way behind in providing all Americans…
The Journal has picked Don Coram to challenge the Democratic candidate. I disagree. I have emailed Coram and talked to him on the phone during the lockdown. He is a…
Sometimes I wonder who we are in this community. Almost every day, I see charitable people and organizations lending a helping hand to someone in need, regardless of their race,…
As a man born and raised in Cortez, I take issue with the narrative that farmers don’t seek mental health care. Since returning to this community after completing residency in…
Laurie Roberts Recently, public discourse has begun to emphasize mental health challenges as the source of mass shootings. Prevention science specifies interventions, and identifying red flags and significant needs. These…
Though I have spent much of my career as a photojournalist, I must offer a perspective from my United States Air Force basic training in 1965. On a cold and…
Having raised my son “all Durango, all the way,” pre-school, K-12, college, I’ve been curious about Ascent Classical Academy of Durango and did some reading of websites, mission statements, the…
Phillipscca Since the 1980s, Americans have been told that inserting private health insurers as middlemen between patients and physicians will save money and improve care. After 40 years, that theory…
The walk signs on East Third Avenue and College Drive don’t work half the time and are a safety issue. A pedestrian pushes the button multiple times, and the walk…
Mass shootings, deadlocked government, unattainable housing, an uptick in teen suicides. Living in these times, we have reasons to get pulled into the vortex of sad news all around us…
Colorado elk hunters who worry about the return of wolves should be encouraged by the records from state wildlife agencies where wolves now live. These confirm that elk, wolves and…
There will be a nationwide March for Our Lives event on Sat., June 11, in Durango. We’ll gather at Durango High School parking lot at 2 p.m., hear a few…
Harris’ plan to create jobs in Central America has merit
Ascent Classical Academy of Durango has my endorsement for approval and opening in Durango School District 9-R. Families with children who are currently not enrolled in 9-R schools want this…
Cross When I arrived in Durango in 1988, you could still pull a U-turn on Main Avenue and nobody’d even bat an eye. And you could still put pennies in…
Thank you U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and the 50-plus other representatives for your no votes on the $40 billion military/humanitarian aid package for Ukraine that was recently passed by Congress.…
