Without the allotments for these animals, wildfires would destroy our public lands, making them burned out blackness that no one would enjoy using for many years. A drive along CR…
This kind of taunt did not cause Korea’s insane leader to back off his nuclear program. Indeed, shortly after Trump’s threat, Korea’s Kim Jung Un threatened to bomb American Guam.…
By the way, does Vladimir Putin have something so bad on Donald Trump that Trump is speculating firing Jeff Sessions (Attorney General), Rod Rosenstein (Deputy AG) and Special Counsel Robert…
Sam Green/The Journaldu1-i-syn It is fair week in La Plata County, with a multitude of events involving 4-H members and almost everyone else at the fairgrounds at north Main Avenue…
While my dog and I were out for a leisurely stroll on the Animas River Trail, a young woman riding a bicycle whizzed by me. I saw that she was…
Our local 5 Rivers chapter of Trout Unlimited has partnered with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service for many years to create a thriving and self-sustaining population…
To use the pinhole camera technique, poke a hole in a piece of stiff paper or cardboard with a pin, and hold it so that the sun shines through the…
du1-i-syn The International Climate Science Coalition is not “non-partisan” as claimed. It is a fossil fuel advocacy group and is heavily associated with climate changer denier organizations. The writer has…
Political expedience cannot be the only consideration in controlling pollutant
du1-i-syn The medical community operates under the principle of working to keep us alive, and it is good at that. But as we know, the time that is gained is…
“Honorable Sen. Gardner, What is going on with the GOP? American health care has become nothing but the GOPs anti-Obama political football. When will Jeff Sessions and the GOP get…
The story “LPEA renewable energy goal faces uncertainty,” (Herald, July 24) was intended to keep LPEA members confused about the truth. This story was written at their request. The Herald…
One of the routes goes from the Iron Horse Inn to the Glacier Club and covers 70 miles. According to the ad, the route takes four to six hours and…
La Plata Electric Association was incorporated in 1939 and began distributing electricity as a not-for-profit cooperative in the Bayfield and Ignacio areas before World War II. At the end of…
Cheap shots, sucker punches and backstabbing is the preferred method of a coward, and Trump excels at this. He blames all his presidential problems on Obama, and the buck doesn’t…
Does that not say anything in volumes how educated Americans handle their disputes? If you come out of your mother’s womb in the United States you are American; that’s nothing…
In August, we contact our current “investors.” These are the people who have paid the property taxes for others in years past, for which they have received a 10 percent…
The Herald (July 21) reports that, “If proven, it is at least the fourth home-invasion robbery involving marijuana in the past three years in La Plata County. Three of the…
and La Plata County Clerk Tiffany Parker We are writing about the branch Motor Vehicle office in Bayfield, which will close in December 2017. The La Plata County Commissioners all…
I am writing to state my objection to the decision made to close the Bayfield branch of the county clerk’s office. This office is one of the best benefits La…
Mesa Verde National Park is the only one of our nation’s 59 national parks that is dedicated to the works of man rather than the works of nature! That is…
Purchase of land near Purgatory means many more nordic miles and smiles
In public meetings, the city informed us that an initial 55 percent rate hike was justified to fund a new potable water treatment plant. The city now states the rates…
Pat Senecal of Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition is quoted as saying “Marijuana use in La Plata County teenagers has increased since…legalized in 2014.” She further states that the Healthy Kids…
I was disappointed that no one in any media outlet even mentioned the tragedy, although there were numerous stories of “fake news” regarding denials by President Trump regarding Russian meddling…
du1-i-syn The latest notice to the city from the group that deemed Durango’s panhandling laws unconstitutional in 2014 – which resulted, some citizens contend, in the more visible and problematic…
LPEA was a small rural electric association operating out of Bayfield at that time J.L. Turnell Durango
Though you did not actually endorse it, it seems irresponsible to print something that folks could take as a recommendation. Even though you are trying to spark creative ideas, you…
The Public Service Company of New Mexico’s proposal to phase out the use of coal-fired electricity is contrary to the current resurgence of coal, thanks largely to federal deregulation. Coal…
By the way, does Vladimir Putin have something so bad on Donald Trump that Trump is speculating firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Special Counsel Robert…
