When the government last wrote rules for coal mining on public lands, “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” was on the big screen, cars had no airbags, a gallon of…
The candidates are Christian Champagne and Ben Lammons. This is the only contested primary election for offices in La Plata County. There is no Republican candidate for this office. Those…
It seems very possible that contaminants and heavy metals could be entering the river there, as well as above Silverton. Shouldn’t any sincere and real efforts to clean up the…
First is the safety of the public using the lake. A small lake with motorized boats, etc., will need policing as to speed, gasoline residue on the lake, the number…
Laws and regulations have not kept up with the evolution of modern medicine, however, and in a recent review of the Controlled Substances Act, the Department of Justice determined that…
There are many Randy Shaws across this country, and we can do more to help people in his position. In a society such as ours, people who struggle with substance-abuse…
Those we honor on this day will not be back. Whether you agree or disagree with a war, military action or political decision, these are our men and women who…
This level of odor mitigation may not carry merit in the design criteria for treatment plants in some communities, but since Durango has chosen to locate picnic and recreational facilities…
Unfortunately, bees still seem a little scary to people sometimes. A swarm of honeybees looks like a million bees and sounds even louder. They come pouring out of the hive…
One, even the career Republicans running their own party don’t want him as their choice. Somebody who has their own party afraid of him can’t be all bad, as the…
Uniqueness. We have Vallecito and Navajo and McPhee all in easy, motorized reach. We have no other lakes easily accessible to the public that offer a nature-based, non motorized opportunity.…
So the perception is once again that the American people are left with a choice of the lesser of two evils. Chasing ratings as opposed to publicizing findings of fact…
Scientific truth is determined by data. The data showed no global warming for 15 years, during which one-third of all the carbon dioxide emissions by mankind, ever, were made. The…
This board is aware of the strong community support for recreation at Lake Nighthorse. Our Parks, Open Space, Trails and Recreation Master Plan correlates with the Department of Interior missions…
My confidence in his integrity, leadership and experience has increased during a number of formal and informal encounters. When I needed to learn more about challenges of the transition to…
The story did not directly say that an advertisement “to lure people in the Four Corners interested in paying for sexual encounters,” was placed by the U.S. Department of Homeland…
Not voting also affects us locally. Take for example the recent La Plata Electric Association election in which many of us had the opportunity to vote for some more progressive…
The way the guy went about this was inappropriate, but so is denying people access because of their disability. Please don’t blame the disability community or perpetuate negative stereotypes. The…
Lammons favors stringent sentencing requirements for violent offenders. But, according to examples taken directly from the Herald, Champagne’s record appears profoundly bad in his efforts to obtain proper convictions, particularly…
As a veteran of 35 years of major engineering projects, I have a few thoughts and questions for the city. First, a few thoughts: It’s generally possible to change directions…
I, too, recall those many meetings in early 2011 when it was made abundantly clear to all in the room that excluding power boats from the Lake was not an…
Does this mean our government or the Environmental Protection Agency is not telling us the whole truth? This season, on my farm in Shiprock, I was contemplating whether to plant…
This would be hard to do on a reservoir as small as Lake Nighthorse. Non-body-contact water-based recreation, particularly the use of two-stroke carbureted gasoline engines that discharge exhaust into the…
That means an effective district attorney in the 6th Judicial District must have the experience associated with the knowledge of what the communities he serves expect from him. Ben Lammons…
When I lost my job, and my 1969 Datsun 1600 broke down, my mental capabilities were at an all-time low. I took the last $200 on me and bought from…
The theory has become more political than scientific, as communities are pressed to enact useless and expensive legislation to fix a humanly unsolvable problem. As for Congressman Brown’s “lack of…
I am the daughter of an extraordinary man who experienced the oppressive communist regime of the former Czechoslovakia. Chased by the Soviet reaction to the Prague Spring, my father and…
Roberts recently voted in favor of a bill that would allow people to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. Since Jan. 1, 23 toddlers have either shot themselves or…
Once the Republicans reclaimed the House, it became even easier for them to reject Obama’s proposals. Congress used to be made up of more reasonable members, led by such stalwarts…
Phil seems to take the road that climate change causes are all settled and there is no more debate. So, let’s put companies or even whole industries that cause carbon…
