This topic of moving, or not, the sewer plant is of major importance. We will have to live with the decision the rest of our lives. At the Sept. 1…
Obvious price coordination among our local suppliers raises the question whether there is some type of price fixing here in Durango. Just recently on national news gas prices in San…
Women were still getting abortions. Rich women got D&Cs in antiseptic doctors’ offices, under all sorts of guises other than “pregnancy termination.” Poor women got backroom abortions performed by all…
That Durango nurtures unique creative ventures is another testament to the vibrancy of our community. For several years, the Dumpster Beautification Project has been the recipient of Durango Friends of…
It doesn’t take a huge amount of effort to say a kind word to that senior citizen you encounter in the grocery store or when out in public. Smiles and…
Now that the roads are in bad shape, the commissioners are probably going to let us vote on whether to increase our taxes to fix them. That’s nice of them…
So now I read that the plant has a capacity of 2 million gallons per day. My question is why is the plant rated capacity only 2 million gallons per…
A friend told me that this was from a land trade made by the Forest Service. The bare mountainsides were going to be developed into a golf course. What a…
The first city system was built in 1958 and was replaced with the existing facility in 1985. There was a lot of support before the plant was built to move…
To my recollection, the sewer plant odor was not offensive until recently. The past three or four years. About the time the plant became at or near maximum capacity. It…
Today, we have in place in Iran a fundamentalist Shiite theocracy that regards the West, and the United States specifically, with a hyper-wary eye. How did this state come about?…
The uncontrolled breach of the plug instantaneously released thousands of gallons per minute of water and suspended solids. This venturi-like action, or vacuum, within the workings created a strong suction…
They have amazing passion to help young people become better adults and use the sport of wrestling as the platform. These two put as much, if not more, effort into…
Santa Rita could really be an amazing community asset but it’s dominated by a stinking waste of precious acreage. Meanwhile, we will soon be asked to ante up for an…
An editorial in the Herald (Aug. 30) even included “Mother Nature” among the spill culprits. The EPA, Washington and even Mother Nature are convenient, easy targets for what is too…
Even before the spill, tourists were expressing strong displeasure with the increase in panhandling transients. The Gold King Mine spill now adds another challenge to repairing a damaged brand.” The…
The EPA is working trying to establish a Superfund site in a small mountain mining town that has become a tourist destination. It has run into roadblocks from the community…
Coal-burning power plants have been spewing mercury and other pollutants for many years. Although they are now allowed to emit less – some may continue into 2041 (and beyond?). In…
He also praised the EPA for apologizing for the spill. Perhaps praise should come after the EPA actually does something to clean up the mess that was created, not before.…
As an individual, I have no influence over the national press or The Durango Herald. But coming from this individual hear this: from this day forward The Durango Herald will…
Stills’ and the mayor’s comments, and director of San Juan Citizen’s alliance Dan Olson’s observations seem to have been the only comments of the evening that didn’t hem and haw…
Please don’t spoil the excitement by shoving it down our throats before summer has even ended. Don’t be in such a rush. Joanne Graves Bayfield
Taxpayers have lost $30 billion in revenues because BLM has failed to charge fair-market value for our publicly owned coal, according to the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.…
The cell phone or tablet or computer on which you may be reading The Durango Herald right now required mountains to be destroyed and moved for their rare earth metals.…
Her article said nothing to make her look good – it was genuinely aimed at educating readers about the purpose of the living trust and the offer of services by…
The district, which encompasses the drainages from Pagosa Springs to Naturita, recognizes that metal-loading from abandoned and inactive mines has been one of the most significant regional water quality issues…
We are some of the Silverton residents who are in support of cleaning up our waters and past mining areas by using EPA’s CERCLA (Superfund) or another entity at the…
Currently, the methane released into the atmosphere by oil and gas operations each year is enough to heat nearly 6 million homes each winter. To put that in perspective, there…
