The city charter requires that the City Council conduct a public hearing on the subject matter of any proposed ordinance before the two separate votes required for enactment. A public…
This anti-health care plan is so bad that the president has decided to delay many of the conditions of the act. The out-of-pocket caps caused so much havoc at colleges…
As McClellan stated, we as a community must come together to help our children. That also means all local child care centers need to work together to get a child…
A positive step toward cleaner energy, but larger issues must also be addressed
With the acquisition of KIVA and KREZ by Albuquerque stations, and turning them into repeaters, those counties flipped to the Albuquerque market, based solely on antenna viewing, which today represents…
With more than 50 percent of the properties in Durango already being rentals, Citizens for Healthy Established Neighborhoods is concerned that we have already exceeded a healthy threshold of owner-occupied…
A lifetime of service to the people of La Plata County and Southwest Colorado
The justification that this proposed put-in will alleviate congestion at the 33rd Street and 29th Street put-ins is ill-founded. The Oxbow agenda to resolve the problems associated with commercial rafting…
It has always been the heart of the Crosses Project to see this as an effort in which people of all persuasions, ideologies and a heart for the children could…
Years ago, he defended a young black woman in New York City who swore she was raped by two white men. Further investigation proved she was a liar, and a…
Recently, the Herald said that the argument about the plastic-bag surcharge boiled down to one side citing science and solutions while the other asserted that anything short of free, unlimited,…
That, of course, means acidic upstream waters, and countering that on site may well cause even more costly problems below the downstream neutralizing limestone watersheds, e.g., Lime Creek and Lime…
Currently, I am not being fined when I buy my pancake syrup in a plastic container. Nor my catsup, mustard, mayo, olive oil, peanut butter and yogurt. Next spring, I…
Congress, president reach necessary deal to keep higher education attainable
Just as the sight of rows and rows of white crosses was a visual reminder of death of soldiers in Point Loma, our small temporary crosses on Chapman Hill were…
I think it should be illegal to drive 22 mph slower than the posted speed limit with a name like “Raptor” or “Puma” or “Deathwolf” painted on the back of…
Is it not discriminatory to apply this proposed law only to certain grocery stores such as Walmart, City Market and Albertsons ? What about those of us who are concerned…
As for me, I will make a conscious effort to shop outside Durango city limits to divert sales-tax revenue to those who deserve it and to punish workers who voted…
What? He stated we have added 162,000 new jobs in the month of July. How did he do this? Obama’s health care has caused small businesses to place full-time employees…
Local governments now have a choice before them: allow retail marijuana centers in their communities and benefit from the safeguards and tax revenue that come with regulation, or prohibit them…
A spokesman for the water district informed me that Durango only gets a significant portion of water from the Animas in the summer. “Like now?” I said. I then asked…
Vehicles crossing the railroad tracks could present safety issues. Our recommendation: Restrict vehicles from crossing the tracks to access the Oxbow property to reduce safety issues for both the public…
What an arrogant statement! Does he think we are children? The City Council and city management do not want to educate. They were there to vote, and they all knew…
Of course, for the homeowners right next to the proposed development, making the Oxbow riparian area into a put-in must be a heartbreaking issue. Just like the noise, pollution, crowds…
We already know that the toxic metals leaking from Silverton’s mines have traveled at least as far down the Animas as Bakers Bridge and have killed three of four species…
I hope that whoever took it will do the right thing and return it in the same form they took it. I don’t want to know who they are or…
