Using a watershed approach, the ARSG developed a remediation plan, recommended feasible water quality standards and implemented many successful remediation projects. The ARSG was a model for how a collaborative…
The next month of 2018, the Plateau Fire in Dolores County was reported as a single-tree lighting strike. Instead of fighting the fire to extinguish or contain it, six days…
I will start by saying that I love the train. It is a beautiful historic part of Durango. I can only assume that Tim is new here and doesn’t understand…
The city manager has effectively quit in protest: It’s time to see what’s next
I would like, however, to separate the corporate misdeeds from the exceptional care I have received from the professional staff at Mercy. I have recently suffered a shoulder injury and…
Later in the story, it says she is a “Mexican immigrant.” Is she a legal immigrant or an illegal immigrant, one wonders? If she is an illegal immigrant, why does…
The young lady, with the help and inspiration provided by a Durango educator, has turned in her track and seems to be happily ascending what is a long hard trail…
As a sportswoman and conservationist, I value Colorado’s wild places and respect the wild animals that live there. As our state’s population swells and more land is developed, it is…
This common sense public safety protection should be extended to any person who is capable of launching nuclear weapons. Roger Brooks Mancos
Yes, everyone is to blame for our current political woes, but governing is not currently about constructive dialog and “win a little, lose a little.” We have devolved from dialectic…
My suggestion is, once they have exhausted themselves, move to the end of an airport runway and start over again. Carlos Kummel Durango
Because of my appreciation for these lands, I feel as though I also have a duty to protect them. I believe supporting the CORE Act is one way in which…
Isn’t it time that we consider a sculpture that reflects the indigenous history of the Four Corners area? The early Pueblo Anasazi Indians inhabited this area for thousands of years…
May they lie on the sidewalk in front of businesses or residences? May they scatter trash and excrement anywhere they wish? May they cause wildfire hazards and pollution in every…
Sixty years ago, Nixon went to Russia and the Herald was in on the action
A uniquely American scenario. In America, 62% of bankruptcies are due to medical bills. Over one million Americans go medically bankrupt each year, stacking financial ruin on top of suffering…
Like the Icelandic glacier the Herald cited in “So long, old ice” (Aug. 21), another piece of our paradise is suffering destruction, largely due to human abuse. Forests currently fix…
Recent complaints about “irrelevant” editorials are a thinly disguised request for the Herald to return to strident, snarky, political screeds that mirror the opinions of some (not all) readers. Why…
We can get national and world news other places. So many of the editorial columns are nonsensical and rambling about issues very removed from the Four Corners or pertinent issues.…
I was aghast, as I have been to Mercy many times over the last 15 years and have never been asked to pay in advance. I called Mercy and was…
We have seen the largest die-off of natural pollinators in the year 2019 than in any previous year recorded. We know the threat synthetic agricultural chemicals have on our wildlife,…
The article said they realize this is frustrating to customers, but to us it was far more than frustrating. We booked an Alaska cruise several months ago which was to…
So a while ago, our president, ever mindful of Russian needs, proposed lifting these U.S. imposed sanctions, including the Deripaska sanctions. There was immediate and strong bipartisan reaction against Trump’s…
The Federal Railroad Administration requires the use of horns or whistles in addition to the bell at all road crossings. The whistle and horn rule from the FRA is a…
The president’s allies and some press figures seem to have lost their marbles
He disgraces the United States. Those who support him disgrace themselves. By allowing him to remain in office, Republicans render themselves vulnerable to everlasting shame. Edward Packard Durango
It used to be fine, but now we hear its noise in our house and neighbors are throwing their hands up in the air. The speed limit is 35 mph,…
I don’t believe the current tourist train and its owner are worthy of such honor and distinction. A museum is supposed to prolong and preserve a person’s or an institution’s…
