After the inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pause the disbursement of funds under the IRA. Theoretically, he should not be able to stop the funding permanently…
The U.S. currently holds $36.22 trillion in debt. That is a staggering figure creating rightful concern among Americans. It is also set to increase under President Donald Trump’s promise to…
My son, Brian Shafer, and I have been volunteers at the La Plata County Senior Center. Starting in February, due to budget constraints, the new hours of operation will be…
Perhaps the gentleman who suggested that this was the case (Herald, Jan. 24) feels that because there are more students expressing their desire to be nonheterosexual, this is caused by…
There is one person who deserves recognition for this success – Matt Nimetz. When the city of Durango advertised for a general contractor to manage the removal of the old…
Julie Marshall Does that sound incongruent? It makes perfect sense, actually. It’s because cattle rancher Glenn Elzinga and his crew boss, daughter Melanie, show us that not only can wolves…
Upper Basin Environmental Drought Mitigation Application Map (Courtesy Southwestern Water Conservation District)cca For the SWCD, that includes 17 projects across the Dolores and San Juan River Basins, tributaries to the…
A memo from the White House budget office on Monday placed a freeze on all federal government grant and loan disbursements, and other financial assistance, effective Tuesday, Jan. 28 at…
Snowdown color logocca The 46th annual running of Snowdown, Durango’s midwinter festival, filled with fun and games (real ones this year), is off to another great start with a clever…
There have been gay and trans people since the dawn of time. Continuing to spew this type of hate perpetuates the narrative that being gay or trans is bad. This…
The recent article, “Disease die-offs continue to ravage bighorn sheep,” (Herald, Jan. 15), highlighting the failure of federal land management agencies to address risks to native bighorn sheep, underscores the…
With temperatures rising around the globe scientists are warning that the world has entered a dangerous new era of chaotic floods, storms and fires made worse by human-caused Climate Change.…
God save America, or is it too late? Tim Fleming Bloomfield
I’d suggest adding a fourth: Deny construction of large-scale utility facilities that carry inherent wildfire risk. This includes large-scale lithium-ion storage facilities accompanying huge industrial solar generating plants. As more…
Why is it, that religion-based groups, committees and this political administration, dare to cast the full responsibility and ethical blame on only the feminine aspect of human biology while leaving…
Burning candlecca It’s been a roller coaster of a week for women’s and civil rights. Last Friday, in the ninth inning of his presidency, Joe Biden declared the Equal Rights…
I am currently in the La Canada/Flintridge suburb on the edge of the Eaton Fire, which has burned over 14,000 acres and left at least 17 deaths in its wake.…
Not only does the writer not include a single legitimate statistic regarding his claims, but he is going as far as to spread misinformation regarding the goals and the mission…
OK, I’ll bite … as long as we can apply the same standards to other recent contests. Perhaps the Nov. 5 presidential election? It is beyond dispute that Donald Trump…
Editor’s note: Pete Hegseth was confirmed as Defense Secretary on Friday night. Why aren’t more Republican senators opposed to Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense, particularly in light of…
American liberty and American wilderness are intertwined
At the Durango Chamber of Commerce, we champion work-based learning as a bridge between education and local business needs. Through partnerships with the Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative, Fort Lewis College…
I was on a Baptist mission trip in Southeast Asia in 1976 when a newspaper appeared at my motel door proclaiming Jimmy Carter as winner of the U.S. presidential election.…
Most people instinctively understand this and that is why children are kept from unwanted sexual exposures while they’re young. Who knows how many children have been coached to admire homosexuality,…
Our outrage should be off the scale. The Constitution clearly is at risk because the oligarchs assume they own the executive branch and by extension, the judiciary, in particular, and…
Democrats held unified control of government for two years under President Joe Biden. They spent their political capital to invest in America with three laws that will show most of…
Crowd of Trump supporters marching on the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021 (Wikimedia/TaptheForwardAssist)cca Jan. 6 attacker Edward Francisco Rodriguez assaults police with bear spray (U.S. Department of Justice)cca For…
But, are they really all-inclusive? On Tuesday, Jan. 15, Durango hosted a duel wrestling tournament. Wonderful! Except for one thing: all female wrestlers were barred from participating in this duel…
Congress is considering attaching strings to LA wildfire recovery bills. I hope that Jeff Hurd recognizes that he represents a huge, fire-prone district in a blue state, and that a…
