That said, I do not believe Hillary Clinton is a much better choice. She has too much baggage and, if elected, nothing would get done as the Republicans would make…
Menconi has a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Denver, was a two-term Eagle County commissioner, is father of two pre-teen children and is a self-proclaimed “Buddhist…
There is an easy solution. Take the Bridge to Nowhere and connect it through Ewing Mesa with a bypass to the northern side and have access points come out near…
How shameful to use the “hip” word community and then treat its members in this way. I’ll do my banking elsewhere. Terry Fitzgerald Bayfield
One thing has become very clear in the McKnight campaign: If Gwen Lachelt’s opponent had any sense of responsibility to this community, he would be thanking Gwen for her years…
Is this city policy? Of course not. If a patrol car is seriously vandalized requiring expensive repairs, does the city abandon it to avoid “sending a message” to vandals that…
Why is the airport expansion being prioritized over other issues such as replacing Durango’s aging water and wastewater infrastructure? (Please see numerous Durango Herald articles regarding homes that have been…
The holiday also ended the Business Improvement District’s first summer effort to reduce panhandling downtown. It may be too soon to judge how effective it was, but it is not…
However, there are ways to get answers to just about any question about ColoradoCare. The ColoradoCare website (www.coloradocare.org) has a great deal of information. You can also email ColoradoCare ([email protected])…
When these fuel taxes were enacted, they were designated for highway maintenance and construction exclusively. We now know that much of this money is diverted to pet projects of members…
Durango’s version, an electronic bulletin board found online at bearsmartdurango.org, was designed to connect residents with fruit trees bearing (excess) fruit with those that desire it, to feed people not…
It would help to know his positions on some of the many issues that effect the district: When will the War on Terror be over? Can the U.S. afford to…
ColoradoCare provides comprehensive health care for all, ensures equal opportunity, may reduce health care costs over time, saves lives, decreases bankruptcies due to health care debt, improves business productivity and…
It is especially welcome when compared to what looks to be a decade-long Superfund effort to clean up the contamination left by historic mining near Silverton. That toxic legacy is…
Anyone who lives in Durango knows that bicyclists pay little or no attention to the lanes we provide for their safety and that of the motorists they share the road…
He didn’t call them “immigrants,” although most of them have risked their lives coming to this country because the places from where they’ve come threatened them with starvation, violent death…
Recently a Hispanic man was arrested for sexual assault on a child. There was a Durango Herald article online, and a way to add comments. Soon after, however, the comments…
Digital disruption. Simply, it is a term used to describe the internet’s impact on most industries. The popularity of Airbnb and Uber, which rely on digital technologies and business models,…
Those of you who may know of me may think of me as the guy with the weed spraying business and the small farm on the Florida Mesa. Prior to…
Currently, $100 billion is spent on illegal drugs each year. Some of these revenues fund street-gang activity, while much of it returns to the source, the drug cartel kingpins. An…
If the “haters” didn’t participate in the process of choosing the artist and the art itself, they shouldn’t get to decide after the fact. There was ample opportunity for their…
It was a time of growing abhorrence to the six-day-a-week, 10-hour day schedule that industrial workers – men, women and children – were subjected to, their wages sometimes going to…
Over the past months, the Herald has reported on multiple Animas issues including: unpleasant and odiferous conditions along the river parkway; the need to rebuild the Animas River above the…
During a time of climate change, where mass transit is one of the areas that can be utilized to mitigate the disastrous effects of this anomaly, cutting public transit service…
It is now, after so much community involvement, much more truly public art than most of the other public art pieces in our community. The other works of public art…
I think of long-haired hippies who do not dye or cut their hair and live completely off the land in shacks made completely out of wood with nothing modern. We…
I know there were many people taking advantage of this generous offering. They could just as well have charged, say, $10 or $20 per load, and we would have been…
I just got on Rocky Mountain Health Plans, but they are withdrawing from the health exchange in December for most of Colorado so I have to start shopping again. Meanwhile,…
Unfortunately for me, the weeks leading up to the operation created enormous anxiety. Considering my age, the risks associated with anesthesia, the pain, the possible complications that could occur, or…
Let’s look at this more carefully. The ColoradoCare premium tax would not be an additional burden on taxpayers because it would replace the current confusing and complex system of health…
