This week, the department swore in four new peace officers, their individual motivations captured in their words above. Joshua Peterson, Padraic Ingle, James Foster and Ethan Anderson join the ranks…
The editorial contained nothing more than an almost parenthetic mention of the incidents in a frivolous article about safety clichés that dismissed the suggestion that warning signs might have a…
The James Ranch property is in a rural setting on a large tract of property. Noise level too much? When I read that it will take 14 or 15 months…
As for the charges of dishonesty against Clinton, where is the evidence? The Benghazi tragedy has been fully investigated by Republican-dominated committees of the House, none of which found any…
The editorial in The Durango Herald (July 5) states that the FBI shouldn’t bring charges against “the presumptive nominee of either party” without nebulously defined “solid evidence” of a “serious…
“May I ask you: Why do you think it would be appropriate for the LPEA’s board to sign over your contract negotiation rights? What’s in it for LPEA and our…
That means the voters will finally get their chance to decide whether Colorado citizens who are terminally ill and facing death within six months will be able to legally obtain…
As the director of Emerge Colorado, an organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, I know the importance of engaging women in the political process early…
I feel that making me go to court was unfair for several reasons. I contacted the advisor from the Public Utilities Commission before court and she told me the wrong…
It is also troubling that the Durango Herald deems it newsworthy to promote this type of senseless killing of a local resource, specifically in light of the comments made by…
To me, this was worse than not responding at all because it didn’t even acknowledge what the issue was. So I called the office, spoke to an aide, and in…
She was shot by an illegal immigrant, Francisco Sanchez, who had been convicted of seven felonies, deported five times and returned six times, the last to an anarchic sanctuary city.…
As everyone knows, our family has experienced back-to-back tragedies. With the sudden loss of my husband, Simon Clarke, the outpouring of love and support for my children, Denvir, Haley, Ben…
First of all, I do approve you continuing with the editor’s opinion on the editorial page. It is an honorable practice with a substantial history. Some folks misunderstand the practice…
“Who will become president is a political question to be decided by the American people,” the editorial states. That wasn’t the point of the FBI investigation. The point of the…
Our flag is not a shirt, sir. To display it in such a way as to attract attention to one’s self is not patriotic; it is in fact unpatriotic. Take…
This act that resulted in 250,000 deaths, nearly 5,000 U.S. soldiers killed, near economic collapse and a global instability that remains today requires more than silence and acceptance. The recent…
After countless surgeries, near death, he is still here. He has several other health issues but has survived. I never got the opportunity to thank all involved with his care…
That is still true. And with the continued decline in tax revenue from gas production, La Plata County voters will at some point have to decide whether to maintain the…
The sportsmanship displayed in this year’s Hardrock by Kilian Jornet, the men’s first place co-finisher, is a reflection of the man and the mountains that inspire him and a lesson…
While there are already many brave men and women fighting this fire, it is time for the rest of us to do our part to decrease our carbon footprint, which…
DRBA and other locals believe it is time to change how Dolores River water is viewed and used. Contrary to how some irrigators portray us, we are not anti-agriculture. We…
Just a quick Google search on his name brings up multiple pages that are pro-fracking and pushing the gas and oil industry’s agenda. While there is a wealth of propaganda…
Life, however, has a way of putting things in perspective and reminding us of what counts. And few things can better illustrate that than one person doing something well. For…
Parents influence their children’s behavior and this incident provides a timely opportunity to remind parents that research shows that youth who talk with their parents about the dangers of alcohol…
City staff members are proposing that both retail marijuana store and medical marijuana center possible hours be extended four hours from 8 a.m. to midnight, an increase from the city’s…
We have done so with our votes to elect Gwen Lachelt county commissioner in 2012, and I believe we will do so again in 2016. Gwen has shown support for…
One of the dogs ran across the road and was hit. A witness said the truck, a charcoal gray late-model Dodge pickup, was driving at a high rate of speed.…
When I was in elementary school, we said the Pledge of Allegiance to our flag every day. By the time I was a junior in high school, saying the Pledge…
We were parked outside the restaurant next to a large truck, not uncommon in Durango, in a diagonal space that made it impossible to see any traffic coming up the…
