But what she doesn’t seem to understand is that the small-town quality of life here in Durango is under siege as tourist numbers grow every year. And with those tourists…
Davitt M. Armstrong Oracle, Ariz.
State your objections to wood burning, and have your voice heard. Will the authorities put this into action, while allowing a coal-belching, smoking train to operate. I’ll bet locals’ comfort…
Like many, I missed our cabin-fever reliever. I truly missed my January family of fellow Snowdown revelers and “Folliespians.” This is not what I had imagined 2021 to be when…
It will not stop my yearly trek to the “real” mountains. San Diego, too, is a tourist destination, and our tax on lodging is 10.5%. That does not seem to…
I find it hard to believe that he is unable to find a suitable home within city limits that also fits his budget. The position of city manager lists a…
Not everyone realizes we are in a constant state of symbiosis with the world around us. While these relationships are beneficial for us. they can be damaging to our surroundings…
So it is that “Beyond Our Means,” the issue of homelessness and affordable housing, became one of the four FOCUS 2021 topics the Herald will be considering in depth on…
Certainly violations of the emoluments clause, graft, violations of the Hatch Act, inciting insurrection, election interference, soliciting foreign involvement in his election (from Russia and Ukraine), obstruction of justice and…
Wood smoke contains toxic chemicals similar to cigarette smoke as well as tiny PM2.5 particles that, when breathed in, can transfer to the bloodstream and deposit thousands of these particles…
Republican elected officials must begin to speak truth to their constituents, rather than take the mercenary and shallow way forward and merely say they are representing their voter’s views. When…
It’s the right time for the proposed crossing
Therefore, is our scientifically highly advanced country in a crisis when half a million U.S. deaths make up 25% of the world’s fatalities, despite having only 5% of the world’s…
Are we going to stand up for our freedom? Are we going to stand up for our country and our Constitution? Are we going to stand in our power –…
Yes, there is decent broadband in a few places, but most of us are stuck with mediocre service at best. This is because there is no real incentive for our…
Why on earth you would protest the director of San Juan Basin Public Health for doing her job? It is her job to enforce mandates. Those mandates and the SJBPH…
According to Amnesty International, 400,000 Iraqi civilians, in the third-largest oil-rich nation, unnecessarily died during the reign of George W. Bush, and most recently 400,000 American civilians unnecessarily died under…
While this is not of the scale of the Jan. 6 insurrection invasion of the Capitol, this is not American, either. Rather this is the stuff that makes Vladimir Putin…
This reality did not start with Obama or Trump. The extremist behavior across America in 2020 only painfully underscores how deeply divided we are. Political leadership is an oxymoron! They…
First off, the demonstration was not in “front of” San Juan Basin Public Health’s Executive Director Liane Jollon’s home, not even visible from her front door. Secondly, it did not…
We have become self-centered and gave excuses against masks and social distancing instead of considering the health and welfare of humanity. Anyone who does their part and wears a mask…
Who cares? It is just one syllable, and I couldn’t hear it when I listened to it again. It may have been a mistake – we all make them. She…
Frank Klein Durango
Frankly, I can’t agree with any of Boebert’s comments or actions. But I believe in second chances, so let’s give the new representative an opportunity for more nutty behavior and…
The situation will worsen as the population in our area grows. This is unhealthy for our planet and unhealthy for our lungs. Measurements of air quality and health risks should…
It seems to me that the lyrics of the national anthem celebrate our freedom as a united people. If so, then Lady Gaga’s rendition of it was wonderfully American. She…
Why was this information relevant to the story? While readers might be served by a thoughtful review of a candidate’s educational background during an election year – with surrounding circumstances…
We skied for three hours and found no signage or staff at the entry to lift lines that reminded folks to wear masks while in this area. Sadly a large…
we as individuals must simply change that which no longer serves us. One must strengthen what is now exceptional vulnerability. One might begin simply by bringing to the forefront one’s…
