Two sad events punctuated the bustling activities last week. On Thursday morning, which was Pearl Harbor Day, we heard of the shooting at Aztec High School. Two bright young students…
This model is supported by the current National Geographic survey of where people are happiest: Denmark, Singapore and Costa Rica. The conclusion of this survey is happiness is the result…
du1-i-syn I attended and discussed the archaic city water policies with the mayor. He made some notes, took down my contact information and I never heard from him. Follow up…
Bonita Peak cleanup should benefit from inclusion on EPA’s ‘intense’ list
du1-i-syn Simultaneous rallies will be taking place all across Colorado (and the world) to show support for the 2012 United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for improved health systems. I…
Time is running out before the end of the legislative session. If Congress leaves without firm protections for Dreamers in place, almost 790,000 more people will spend the holidays under…
A tale for the season, La Plata County Humane Society needs our help
du1-i-syn A grand old ponderosa was just cut down by the city. Apparently they deemed it necessary to remove this “hazard” after ten years of study. Did they study the…
Our Rep. Scott Tipton states “The environment is one of my top priorities” and co-sponsored a bill in congress – HR 2936, The Resilient Federal Forests Act – aimed at…
A recent study by the Center for American Progress found that drilling in the Arctic Refuge could generate up to $37.5 million over the next 10 years, which is nowhere…
This subject was brought to homeowners’ attention last spring after completing a survey of our privately-owned roads. Consultants estimated a single concrete truck is equivalent to 5,000 vehicles, and a…
This rule protects the economy and health of people in the Southwest. Everyone, including my family and friends, are at some point exposed to natural gas well by-products and pollutants…
The study’s authors would cringe, like myself, at his attempt to take their ideas out of context, call them facts, generalize the study to the United States and then apply…
For Sen. Gardner – and all the Republicans – it’s not government “of the people, by the people, for the people.” For Gardner and his party, it’s government of the…
We had noticed that rivers polluted with mine waste send their waters crashing across political boundaries, that methane clouds don’t have clean air and skies just over La Plata County…
Supporting local businesses really does enhance our way of life by supporting local city and county services. But, there are other things to think about as we buy gifts for…
I first met the Allan family Thanksgiving Day. They were on the side of the road and we thought they might have car trouble. Eager to help, we stopped to…
The Durango Public Art Commission needs to control its tunnel vision, and re-examine its notion of art in the medians of busy roads. Has no one learned anything from the…
du1-i-syn So, between curiosity and an itch, a spill of about 400 gallons of “produced water,” a waste water byproduct, occurred from a valve a few days before Thanksgiving. The…
Grant money will provide a boost to a growing local business in Bayfield
And a special thank you to Emily Meisner of The Patio for her contribution of pumpkin pies. Michael Bradley Knight of Columbus project chairman
On Dec. 12, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously passed a resolution calling on U.N. member states to ensure that health systems avoid direct payments, so that even those…
Native Americans have many differing characteristics, however, without exception they honor Veterans and the Elderly. Our President offended and dismissed both with ease in the presence of these great Native…
I do want to honor the natural human need during grief for the “why’s?” and “what if’s?” That is where we begin when we are asked to face death, and…
JERRY McBRIDE/Durango Herald<br><br>07-17-13- Silverton-:Water flowing down the mountainside out of the Red and Bonita Mine contains high levals of manganese, zinc, copper, lead, Cadmium, aluminum, and iron that will make…
