He didn’t know this woman, who she was or her life story. All he knew upon making the decision that her well-being was just as important as his own –…
In the April 8 Herald, there was a story about a plan to pipe water from Lake Nighthorse to Lake Durango. I believe there should be another solution in getting…
First, it is dangerous to pedestrians. Parking and walking in parking lots is dangerous. Cars park around schools all the time for parents to pick up their children; but no…
I was someone who jumped out of airplanes above 30,000 feet, jumped off ships into the oceans from heights above 100 feet, dove to depths more than 50 fathoms (300…
I appreciate the board of directors at LPEA recite the pledge before each meeting. I am also told not only does Jeff Berman not put his hand over his heart,…
It never ceases to amaze, the frothing at the mouth of those who claim there is no God while desperately twisting and perverting what the Bill of Rights says and…
In this case, it appears they are leaving Durango 9-R for school districts where they are better appreciated and treated more fairly. Diane Morazan Durango
Unlike the author, most PERA retirees paid into but will never receive Social Security benefits. Further, a 2014 report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows 6 in 10 new…
I’m guessing the current trendies and herd thinkers don’t really know their history. For example, the NRA armed and trained freed slaves to defend themselves against the KKK after the…
Dryside farmer Trent Taylor, Blue Horizons Farms; Patti Buck, recently elected president of American National Cattlewomen, cattle rancher; and Maria Baker, member of a Southern Ute ranching family, will all…
Hermosa Creek is a tributary of the Animas River and critical to the health of Durango’s drinking water. Maintaining the health of the surrounding watershed is essential to maintaining a…
L-Tryptophan is a vitamin supplement, an amino acid to be exact. It was not regulated in the past by FDA. Today the FDA has approved the sale for limited uses…
To begin with, gifted educators have now largely been eliminated. These full-time teachers were available to identify gifted students, provide personalized instruction, support teachers in enriching their curriculum and advocate…
It seems New Mexico police would rather shoot residents than look at them, and it happens almost every day. They think nothing of emptying their clips into a minivan full…
There is the NRA that promotes gun safety and offers financial grants to small community gun clubs, and then there is a separate organization NRA-ILA (Institute for Legislative Action) that…
As a relative newcomer to the area, it has always struck me that the city has not better incorporated the downtown area with the beautiful river that runs through it.…
When I was explained the benefits, I thought this is not possible without somebody drawing the short straw, and as usual, that was the taxpayer. (My PERA benefits are equal…
Sorry, even I cannot continue with this parody any longer. Barack Obama is the most clueless and inept person ever to hold the office of president. The anointed one, who…
Today, local veterans organizations provide outstanding services, but they are the first to admit that coordination of these services, and avenues for participation by all members of our communities would…
The report, Moving America Forward, showed that Colorado’s Renewable Energy Standard reduced carbon pollution by 3.7 million metric tons in 2012, the equivalent of keeping 770,833 cars off the road…
Deer, lions, bear, coyote, fox – all manner of wild animals – travel down from the mountains and along this ridge to where it ends in Delwood. They are coming…
