SwanJerry McBride What kind of person (or persons) would spread industrial-duty tacks to take out riders of Memorial Day weekend’s 52nd Iron Horse Bicycle Classic? One (or more) overly weighted…
I’m calling out the board of directors for 4-Corners Alliance for Diversity. This is a fantastic group that has a strong history of supporting and serving the LGBT+ community here…
cca My friends in Durango ask me what it’s like to be Jewish. I explain about growing up in Kansas City, where I didn’t think I was different In kindergarten,…
I pity the fool whose life is so small that he or she got pleasure from putting tacks in the path of the Iron Horse riders. I’m sure karma is…
As a professional biologist with more than 14 years of experience studying wildlife, I strongly support the ballot initiative to ban hunting and trapping of mountain lions and bobcats in…
cca cca In 1948, after serving in World War II, Miguel Trujillo from Isleta Pueblo in New Mexico entered the Valencia County Courthouse to register to vote. He was turned…
In a recent news story in The Durango Herald, Sen. Dylan Roberts, co-sponsor of wolverine reintroduction Senate Bill 171, said the bill “is completely opposite from the wolf reintroduction process,”…
I have lived in the county, and worked and shopped in Durango for 26 years. The town has talked about the parking problem that entire time. Yet, nothing has been…
As flags represent identities, values, cultural heritage and aspirations, it makes good sense that Southern Ute Indian Tribe students attending Ignacio schools see their tribal flag flying along with the…
Thank you to The Durango Herald for the overview of Durango High School’s graduation ceremony, which was truly an impressive and progressive expression of our community. We are lucky to…
cca Andrew Carpenter (“Hunting, a valuable tool in managing lions” on May 14) believes Coloradans aren’t smart enough to have an opinion about recreational killing of mountain lions or bobcats…
Lawmakers take action on cellphone use, education funding and Indian boarding schools
We. We accomplished a lot this year – our bipartisan success happened because we communicated, compromised and collectively decided how to best address our problems. Affordable and attainable housing, one…
The Uravan Belt within the Dolores Corridor is home to as much as 21% of America’s uranium deposits along with as much as 80% of our vanadium production. America is…
Morgan This past February I went to the Southern Ute reservation to attend a joint staff meeting. I had been Durango’s attorney for nine months. The tribe’s attorney sitting across…
cca America is poised in 2024 to stain the history of the democratic republic our ancestors made considerable sacrifices to create. Both of our august political parties are promoting the…
Mike Littwin In case you missed it, the anti-vaxxer, conspiracy-theorist scion of the totally embarrassed Kennedy family was in Colorado recently to launch his bid to appear on the Colorado…
cca There are smart ways to figure out tax policy, and there are dumb ways. Colorado seems to be trying to find the worst way. Several factors in recent years…
Clara Moulton April marked a historic paradigm shift for the Bureau of Land Management with the enactment of the Public Lands Rule. The rule ensures the BLM’s multiple-use mission balances…
In a time when most of us have instant access to digital news, it’s easy to keep up to date on national and international events, including some trenchant political cartoons.…
Durango is one of the few small towns in Western America that still has a functioning, vital Main (street) Avenue. The addition of trees and new light posts enhanced it…
Iron Horse Bicycle Classic, concert at Durango Mesa Park just two events planned
What has happened with our dental services here? It seems that they have gone from a five-day, 40-hour workweek to a four-day, 32-hour workweek. Do they think we only have dental…
