This example of visionary creativity and practical problem-solving is proof-positive of American know-how and gumption – and will undoubtedly significantly reduce human-ursine conflict. I have employed a modified version of…
This kind of taunt did not cause Korea’s insane leader to back off his nuclear program. Indeed, shortly after Trump’s threat, Korea’s Kim Jung Un threatened to bomb American Guam.…
By the way, does Vladimir Putin have something so bad on Donald Trump that Trump is speculating firing Jeff Sessions (Attorney General), Rod Rosenstein (Deputy AG) and Special Counsel Robert…
While my dog and I were out for a leisurely stroll on the Animas River Trail, a young woman riding a bicycle whizzed by me. I saw that she was…
Our local 5 Rivers chapter of Trout Unlimited has partnered with Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the U.S. Forest Service for many years to create a thriving and self-sustaining population…
To use the pinhole camera technique, poke a hole in a piece of stiff paper or cardboard with a pin, and hold it so that the sun shines through the…
du1-i-syn The International Climate Science Coalition is not “non-partisan” as claimed. It is a fossil fuel advocacy group and is heavily associated with climate changer denier organizations. The writer has…
“Honorable Sen. Gardner, What is going on with the GOP? American health care has become nothing but the GOPs anti-Obama political football. When will Jeff Sessions and the GOP get…
The story “LPEA renewable energy goal faces uncertainty,” (Herald, July 24) was intended to keep LPEA members confused about the truth. This story was written at their request. The Herald…
One of the routes goes from the Iron Horse Inn to the Glacier Club and covers 70 miles. According to the ad, the route takes four to six hours and…
La Plata Electric Association was incorporated in 1939 and began distributing electricity as a not-for-profit cooperative in the Bayfield and Ignacio areas before World War II. At the end of…
Cheap shots, sucker punches and backstabbing is the preferred method of a coward, and Trump excels at this. He blames all his presidential problems on Obama, and the buck doesn’t…
Does that not say anything in volumes how educated Americans handle their disputes? If you come out of your mother’s womb in the United States you are American; that’s nothing…
In August, we contact our current “investors.” These are the people who have paid the property taxes for others in years past, for which they have received a 10 percent…
The Herald (July 21) reports that, “If proven, it is at least the fourth home-invasion robbery involving marijuana in the past three years in La Plata County. Three of the…
In public meetings, the city informed us that an initial 55 percent rate hike was justified to fund a new potable water treatment plant. The city now states the rates…
Pat Senecal of Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition is quoted as saying “Marijuana use in La Plata County teenagers has increased since…legalized in 2014.” She further states that the Healthy Kids…
I was disappointed that no one in any media outlet even mentioned the tragedy, although there were numerous stories of “fake news” regarding denials by President Trump regarding Russian meddling…
LPEA was a small rural electric association operating out of Bayfield at that time J.L. Turnell Durango
Though you did not actually endorse it, it seems irresponsible to print something that folks could take as a recommendation. Even though you are trying to spark creative ideas, you…
The Public Service Company of New Mexico’s proposal to phase out the use of coal-fired electricity is contrary to the current resurgence of coal, thanks largely to federal deregulation. Coal…
By the way, does Vladimir Putin have something so bad on Donald Trump that Trump is speculating firing Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Special Counsel Robert…
The professional staff at Mercy Medical Center immediately had me in the state-of-the art catheterization unit, installed two stents in my right coronary artery, and after three days in the…
Along with others who benefit from a single-payer health care system, I remain somewhat protected from the current chaos. If you are over 65, a U.S. government employee or retiree…
Durango needs to educate not only some of our young, naive locals but also our tourists, who know nothing about the power of our river. Plain and simple, people are…
Facing the possibility of being homeless in our senior years is unnerving! We were unprepared for retirement with medical bills and high premiums. Homeless people are the elderly, people with…
Don’t think about it in that way, just think about it in the terms of leaving our planet as clean as possible for our children and grandchildren. It’s not a…
If you could find it in your heart to give us prohibitively expensive for-profit health care, tax breaks for the rich, hate-filled rhetoric, fewer national parks and monuments, more pollution,…
When I click on The Durango Herald website, it takes so long that I often just forget and go on to something else. Andrea Powers Dolores
We want to give our thanks to the Red Cross, the Humane Society, the restaurants and residents who sent food and supplies to the center, the Econo Lodge, Lightner Creek…
