It wouldn’t hurt for homeowners to learn the best ways to replace what was demolished, since climate change is not going away with the “drill-baby-drill” attitude of the incoming administration.…
All social media apps are underregulated. If we’re serious about national security and data privacy, that era must come to an end
A day before his final day in office, the world is considering Joe Biden’s performance as president. Historians might say that’s too close up, that six months from now that…
Thank you in advance for your response. Bonnie Johnson Durango
Under the Food Not Bombs banner they promote the full-scale genocide of Israeli Jews by displaying signs and chalk writings on the sidewalk proclaiming, “let Gaza live.” The obvious irony…
What goes through Trump’s mind is unfathomable, and that is not because he outshines Stephen Hawking. His latest incarnation as El Conquistador bears this out. Of all the things that…
Page 5A: “House Bill 1005 would offer $34 million in tax incentives to a film festival … that lures more than 10,000 out-of-state visitors“ and ”Our sights are set on…
Monday, Jan. 20, is the MLK holiday. It also is the presidential inauguration. The irony lies in what these two men represent and committed their lives to. Dr. King was…
I rarely think about how stratified our local society is until I witness our neighbors struggling. Here’s news that makes me think: TARA Food Pantry in Arboles had 50 families…
First let me hit you with some realities: David Brooksdu1-i-syn The secretary-general of NATO, Mark Rutte, has said that the West is not prepared for the challenges that will come…
I’ve been watching the devastation caused by the wildfires in California. My heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to the communities, the residents, and those who have lost loved ones…
Duane A. Smith radiated history, delivering his lectures in a full voice, always in motion. He drew his listeners into events that took place 150 years ago as though they…
Health care has become a deadly business. Last month’s murder of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, has become a symbol of the illness long plaguing America’s health care industry: The system…
California’s fires have locals’ anxieties creeping in. We’ve been there. The 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire and 2018 416 and Burro Fire Complex fires were among the largest in Colorado’s history,…
A dictator has been voted in. A guy who tried to overthrow the government four years ago. A guy who led an attack on the nation’s Capitol. A day that…
As the writer stated, the Constitution affords us our protections to free speech regardless of the environment. The American flag does represent us all as Americans but there is more…
This fall, we visited the heart of the Dolores River Canyons in Western Colorado. I biked an old mining road that overlooked the Paradox Valley where Utah’s La Sal Mountains…
Any conceivable move to punish members of the Jan. 6. Commission is an unfathomable, “I’m your retribution” reminder. What happened? Collective amnesia, maybe from COVID-19? Fluoride in the water? It’s…
Reading Jackson Clark’s tribute to Tyrone Yazzie (Herald, Jan. 5), the young, Indigenous man who worked in Clark’s art gallery and died living homeless and addicted to alcohol, raised a…
After fierce winds whipped fire out of brush-covered hills on Jan. 7, entire Los Angeles neighborhoods burned down. Within a few days, more than 12,000 homes and businesses had been…
The 33rd annual Southwest Economic Outlook took place Thursday at Fort Lewis College, the same day Gov. Jared Polis delivered his seventh State of the State address to lawmakers at…
Recent outrage over Black Lives Matter and LGBTQIA+ flags in classrooms seems a bit misplaced. Neither of these flags, nor the issues they highlight, is inherently political. Rather, they have…
Americans say that the federal government must insure health care for all (62%). A majority (66%) are deeply concerned about climate change, favor stricter gun laws (60%), and higher taxes…
When we become subjective about anything, nothing will change – lead, mercury, aluminum, chlorine, fluoride … Let’s look at science. Science is only valid when it is independently verified. The…
Since the election, just about every response in every newspaper column locally and nationally has been Trump bashing. Rancor and contention are certainly not the ways to promote or generate…
Well, that didn’t take long. After reading the story (Herald, Dec. 29) about the state Republican Party threatening Durango School District 9-R, it seems any hope for a civil conversation…
The story, “State GOP threatens to sue schools,” (Herald, Dec. 29) dissects an email written by two GOP party leaders threatening Durango School District 9-R, individual board members and any…
