Back then, Colorado could have shared Montana’s signature saying of being “the last best place.” No more. Now, the Denver and other metro-area, left-wing liberals have fouled your once great…
Why has the Herald not noted publicly that almost every word of its early promotions of Obamacare have turned out to be wrong or factually inaccurate? Doesn’t the Herald have…
This man was a warrior, but he also worked for peace. Is this how he should be remembered by Herald readers? I’ll be watching for just a single picture of…
A couple of months ago, my health-insurance company sent me a notice to inform me that as of Jan. 1, my premiums would be increasing by around $200 a month,…
One person collapsed and disappeared for two weeks into the hospital, and others were affected to varying degrees. We were lab rats and nothing more. I, luckily, suffered no ill…
Originally funded through community-based block grants, the Community Action Programs actually cut poverty rates in half during the first 10 years. Locally, Dr. Bud Evans started the regional revolving loan…
Smith has been Durango’s city attorney for 37 years. During his tenure, he has worked with hundreds of people in our city government. He has worked closely with our elected…
Now, when you buy a carton of whipping cream, you must read the label carefully because there are several additives being added to the cream, including skim milk. Well, that’s…
Anyone reading and not thinking might wonder if it were done intentionally to garner support for the Republican Party because the current governor’s name was not included in the voting…
How about a positive solution like a Missouri canal? It would bring water from the Missouri River to the Front Range cities: Cheyenne, Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo, Walsenberg, Raton,…
I happen to know Patti to be a woman of utmost integrity (Something the Herald and some of our community officials should learn), who has a natural ability to take…
The story quoted a supporter of the ban as saying that, “Guns on campus create an intimidating climate and puts the safety of students, teachers and staff at risk.” That…
“Global warming” is not in itself a science, true. It is the conclusion reached by meteorologists and contrary to Goodrich’s assertions, 97 percent of all peer-reviewed climate science papers that…
Goodrich wrote that global warming is not a science, and I would agree. It is a hypothesis that our planet is warming and that the root cause is our unmitigated…
I had resigned myself to never seeing it again, which was very sad for me because it contained tiny diamonds from my grandmother’s wedding ring. Several days later, I received…
The Herald also personally demeaned God when stating: “As such, the baker or any business person’s religious beliefs are irrelevant when it comes to serving the public,” and “Phillips’ religious…
Why make people look like dirtbags and irresponsible when there are a lot of people in this town I have found who are addicted to opiates? Report the facts and…
With the remaining shares of Chrysler purchased from the UAW retirement fund by Fiat (they got those shares at no charge from the federal government), Chrysler is now an Italian…
Grass lawns provide an attractive and clean answer, and they slow rain water runoff and prevent erosion. And it can take years, perhaps decades, to restore native vegetation to the…
How many residents are currently without cans? What exactly happens to the single-stream recycled materials once they have been collected? All residences are billed monthly for the service, but not…
So, are Telluride’s officials smarter than ours or do they just work harder? Ours would rather argue about plastic bags and raising taxes to pay for foolish programs instead of…
Yet, it was also a year full of progress in the effort to cut the carbon pollution fueling the problem. Solar, wind and energy efficiency continued to make big gains…
Myth: Al Gore’s claim in the past that by now the Arctic ice cap would be gone. Fact: Last year, Arctic ice grew by 50 percent; in real terms that…
Wishon, quoting a Herald article (Nov. 7), went on: “the lead article reported … that carbon dioxide content in the Earth’s atmosphere was recently measured at its highest level in…
It’s too bad the other downtown merchants don’t understand retail means people come into your place of business to purchase items that you have invested in. The frantic frenzy for…
In actual fact, according to the calculator function on the Connect for Health website, a 29-year-old Durango resident making $20,000 per year would likely qualify for a plan with only…
Recreational marijuana use becomes legal in Colorado on Jan. 1 – joining Washington as the first two states to legalize, regulate and tax small amounts of marijuana for recreational use…
We’ve become a society that believes success is blatantly flaunting our money, even to our children. What does that teach kids about Christmas? It teaches them that it isn’t Christmas…
As quoted in the story, Alan Cuenca of Put-a-Cork-in-It got it right, saying: “Idealistically, it was a good idea, but ultimately what has happened is all the employees that work…
The bill has had a Senate subcommittee hearing and will soon to go through markup. There has yet to be a subcommittee hearing scheduled for the House, but one has…
