Think of what could be done with that land and how it could vastly improve our city’s southern entrance. Residents are already paying higher sewer bills so that we can…
First: Yeah, Durango! To think we are “awake” enough to cut water consumption 70 percent in honor of our sick river blows my mind. It could only happen here. Second:…
People all over the world have seen the picture of the yellow river winding its way through the heart of the city. There is no need for anyone to have…
He wrote, “My experience has been that if students either become overly frustrated with the art of writing or get away without really having to work at it, especially in…
Making the articles accessible to everyone by lifting the paywall is another fine example of your community leadership. We are fortunate to have such a fine news team in our…
Local solar installers have been busy during the past several years encouraging the “greenies” among us to purchase their solar projects to reduce long-range electrical bills. This is a great…
Without the river’s yellow coloration, would a contractor have attempted a fix on its own and possibly forgo reporting, figuring it could go unnoticed at least for the while it…
There are experts who can speak to this issue better than I can, so I won’t go into details, but leave the above mentions to you to investigate on your…
Well, driving home from town later, Mama Bear and her two juvenile twins crossed the road in front of me coming from the direction of my place. Guess she’s been…
Preparedness should have been McGrath’s first priority before authorizing his EPA team to start work with an independent contractor on investigating the extent of contamination seeping from the abandoned Gold…
So, why are there laws to support this, yet no one enforces them? Why do citizens and businesses of the city of Durango and La Plata County continue to get…
Where is the Hollywood outrage? Are those tree-hugging left-wing liberals asleep? Don’t they know there is a presidential election coming up? Maybe the EPA can beg BP, Exxon, Haliburton, Conoco-Phillips,…
Hopefully, not much dissolution of the glassy material in that pretty slag pile, especially in a hard fall rain, has also been a source of potentially toxic metals released to…
But, in retrospect, it has become clear that the collaborative effort was a mistake. It appears to me that the EPA yielded to the wishes of the residents of San…
I currently reside in Texas and have been in the oil business all my career. The comparison between the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the response…
The basic problem has been Silverton’s and San Juan County’s repeated efforts to block Superfund designation. It is time we hold the Durango City Council, La Plata County commissioners, the…
I question whether a rebuild at Santa Rita, with all of the uncertainties of remodeling a plant that must operate 24/7, will result in the lowest sewer rates over the…
Durango serves down to High Bridge. South Durango Sanitation District serves south of that, which includes the major growth areas of Three Springs and along La Posta road. The foreseeable…
There were four of us hiking at Saul’s Creek just out of Bayfield recently. We hiked a short trail on the west side going back up toward Bayfield. We saw…
Well, fact is that heavy metals do not typically kill fish. But they do mess them up big time. First, the heavy metals will settle into the stream substrate (bottom).…
After looking at the damage done to the piece and consulting an art restoration expert, I do not believe that is true. Almost anything can be repaired, and while the…
I just wanted to share this poem with all the others who love our special town: Durango Melody Wrapped around a flowing river Nestled deep below the peaks, Full of…
Many of us are aware that the public is intentionally not being given all the disastrous details about the contamination of the Animas. Heavy metals such as cadmium, zinc, and…
I attended the last public meeting on the spill and was again reminded that if Mountain Studies Institute had not been “Johnny (or Joan) on the spot” regarding the plume…
To better reflect the enormity of the problem, we should be talking about “at least 3 million gallons” of toxic water, based on EPA estimates. The difference is far more…
Who would have thought that our precious Animas would fall victim to a toxic spill? And yet, we’ve known that Silverton, our neighbor to the north, has tons of undealt-with…
Donald Trump is the perfect representative for the modern day conservative movement. Sure, he’s offensive and has little regard for the facts, but this is the Fox News Republican party…
