Editorials

Another year with the lake for no one
Letters to the Editor

Another year with the lake for no one

September 30, 2015

Progress on Lake Nighthorse not visible at all. Nothing is happening as you can see. This confusion continues to puzzle me. Remember the bureaucrats doing this to you. It took…

Give Hay Gulch residents a fair hearing
Letters to the Editor

Give Hay Gulch residents a fair hearing

September 30, 2015

The coal mine has also been in violation of several county codes with the hauling of the coal out of Hay Gulch, but the Planning Department and the Board of…

Master lease plan
Editorials

Master lease plan

September 30, 2015

Local input is crucial to informing the Bureau of Land Management’s planning

Barking dogs prompt air-horn vigilantism
Letters to the Editor

Barking dogs prompt air-horn vigilantism

September 29, 2015

No one believes that their dogs bark. Most dog owners have become tone deaf to their dogs’ barks or have given up trying to quell them. The main problem is…

Elect Matt Sheldon to the school board
Letters to the Editor

Elect Matt Sheldon to the school board

September 29, 2015

Matt is a 2008 graduate of Colorado College and attended public schools for 12 years. He worked for Durango’s Boys and Girls Clubs for two years and is known by…

Pot clubs
Editorials

Pot clubs

September 29, 2015

Measure to allow marijuana in clubs could help legal and edible situation

Keep liquor sales independent in Colo.
Letters to the Editor

Keep liquor sales independent in Colo.

September 28, 2015

Of course those “ample” margins – just a moment while I suppress a laugh – that must be why you will often see Stan, Sheri, Eric, Brad, Mike, Les, or…

Banned Books Week
Editorials

Banned Books Week

September 28, 2015

That books are now rarely banned is reason enough to celebrate the event

BHP built private road to haul coal
Letters to the Editor

BHP built private road to haul coal

September 28, 2015

King Coal is a very good coal. It has been shipped to Japan for steel-making. I worked for BHP, an Australian company, at the La Plata Mine just below the…

Vote to lift telecommunications rules
Letters to the Editor

Vote to lift telecommunications rules

September 27, 2015

The story of these initiatives goes back to 2005, when the Legislature passed SB 152 at the behest of large telecommunication companies such as CenturyLink. The statute restricts the ability…

Donate TABOR refund to a worthy cause
Letters to the Editor

Donate TABOR refund to a worthy cause

September 27, 2015

I, for one, will take my $14 refund check and immediately donate it to a local charity where it might do some good. I urge others to do the same.…

VW’s penalties will be stiff
Editorials

VW’s penalties will be stiff

September 27, 2015

Eventually it was students and faculty at a West Virginia university who tripped them up. They discovered that Volkswagens in road use were emitting much more nitrogen oxide than specifications…

Meter technology
Editorials

Meter technology

September 27, 2015

After experience with high-tech meters, Durangoans eager for re-boot

Herald should cover culture change
Letters to the Editor

Herald should cover culture change

September 26, 2015

I wonder if this had anything to do with Olivarius-McAllistar’s decision to move on. Also, I am curious as to what kind of disciplinary action (if any) has occurred for…

County testing reinforced distrust
Letters to the Editor

County testing reinforced distrust

September 26, 2015

There was an opportunity to instill trust in government. Instead, the county’s actions played into conspiracy theorists’ ludicrous idea that the EPA “did this on purpose” and demonstrated little support…

Now is the time for solutions, not fear
Letters to the Editor

Now is the time for solutions, not fear

September 26, 2015

And yet the people who call these mountains home are turning their backs on their most important resource. I can’t blame anyone for being scared or skeptical of mine reclamation,…

Brookie displays true leadership
Letters to the Editor

Brookie displays true leadership

September 26, 2015

As we’ve all learned since the Animas disaster, our river is just one of hundreds in Colorado that has been silently polluted over the past decades thanks to unaccountable mining…

Herald dropped ball on Solheim Cup
Letters to the Editor

Herald dropped ball on Solheim Cup

September 26, 2015

But you totally dropped the ball on Solheim Cup coverage. This is a huge international event with a strong patriotic component. And this year, the American women golfers overcame the…

Silverton’s Superfund thoughts irrelevant
Letters to the Editor

Silverton’s Superfund thoughts irrelevant

September 26, 2015

The Animas does not even run through Silverton, as its headwaters are south of town limits. The offending mines are north of Silverton, and the creeks that carry the pollution…

Look to future, not past for mine fix
Letters to the Editor

Look to future, not past for mine fix

September 26, 2015

After the ugly plume made its way through town, the community hit a very fragile state, affecting members of the recreational community to the small-business community. The mustard-colored water was…

Migrants everywhere deserve our help
Letters to the Editor

Migrants everywhere deserve our help

September 26, 2015

It is imperative that a peaceful solution be found for Syria itself. That will take strong diplomatic action on the part of the U.S., Europe and Russia, but the issue…

Death needed to fix Camino crossings?
Letters to the Editor

Death needed to fix Camino crossings?

September 26, 2015

Durango quickly needs to install a safer way for everyone to use the roadway, including pedestrians. I know I am not the only one to have an incident like this,…

Sage-grouse
Editorials

Sage-grouse

September 26, 2015

Federal decision recognizes collaborative efforts to protect bird

Thanks for Zucchini festival success
Pine River Times opinion

Thanks for Zucchini festival success

September 24, 2015

Thank you to the Friends of the Library for providing free drinks for everyone, and to Jake and Kinley Ash for volunteering their time at the carving and stamping table.…

Stakeholders should be open, accessible
Letters to the Editor

Stakeholders should be open, accessible

September 24, 2015

He complains stakeholders downstream are bashing the residents of Silverton: “(Silverton) has its own pristine drinking water sources and has no need for irrigation water because there is no agriculture…

Term limits
Editorials

Term limits

September 24, 2015

Lengthening terms was one idea advanced by nonprofit in Durango

Shutdown politics
Editorials

Shutdown politics

September 23, 2015

Punishing Planned Parenthood threatens basic governance

Rain barrels benefit downstream users
Letters to the Editor

Rain barrels benefit downstream users

September 23, 2015

Surely this is a much more direct delivery of this extra water to downstream users than hoping it will flow through the ground without first evaporating or being lost to…