Rick VanWagenen personally attacked Mike Sigman (Letters, Herald, Nov. 15) with an accusation that Sigman’s facts are dreamed up. VanWagenen actually put it much more crudely with an allusion to…
Reading about Anthony made me recall another GED grad, Tyler Whitt, who is now the owner of a water-management company, Crystal Clear Water Systems. Tyler is an amazing worker and…
All of these statements are false. I feel that the average Durango reader (let’s assume an eighth-grade reading level) could easily interpret this person to be an expert and take…
But using a paddle on a tube causes tubers to spin in circles and prevents effective navigation with a paddle. A “paddle-only” zone above 33rd Street makes sense on this…
In the end, it’s about the tradeoffs. Is it worth it? Absolutely! My understanding is profits of health-insurance companies will now be limited, and for me, the peace of mind…
Second, if Obamacare and the exchanges work so well, why is it necessary to publish articles about it? To quote Shakespeare’s Hamlet “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” Last…
It reminded me of another unique Durango educational resource that receives no financial support from taxpayers of the state or city. I speak of the Durango Discovery Museum. This civic…
The first step along this path is energy efficiency: “First reduce your use, and then produce.” Making sure that your home or business is air-sealed is the first and usually…
We in Colorado are extremely lucky to have this avenue for exploring our new health care choices. However, his numbers sounded a little too good to be true, and so…
I am judging her. First: It is stupid to smoke for any reason after 10 years. She is a perfect example of a mean-spirited, name-calling, unappreciative ideologue. Most people like…
To simply say “thank you” to all who gave so much during this difficult time for our family does not fully express how we truly feel. The outpouring of prayers,…
She spoke to her animals in these languages. She told me that the goat likes to live in the trailer home but that she can’t get up on the porch…
The notion that folks who can afford a $1,000 paddleboard or pay a rafting company are OK, but those on inner tubes are not, is purely discriminatory and repugnant. In…
The Animas is a beautiful asset to La Plata County and serves not only as a recreational haven, but is critical for wildlife and protection of what makes La Plata…
I find it especially amusing when hunters who oppose endangered status for wolves and grizzly bears vaunt about going into “the wilderness” seeking what they call the atavistic experience, not…
How would it work? Build a business plan. White is in a great position to do this. His wife is a master gardener, she could design and direct how to…
That being said, I would imagine all of us would like to have the cleanest Earth possible – that is without hurting working Americans. Whereas these zealots seem to not…
As a community that prides ourselves on supporting local businesses, The Durango Herald had an opportunity to shed positive light on those working so hard to keep local dollars local.…
Evaluating how people use the Animas River is, in itself, a worthy cause. With unchecked expansion of the commercial recreation and the selling of Durango as a recreational mecca, you…
Other examples include: the bench on the corner of Eighth and Main. After a homeless guy set up camp there every day, the city got rid of the bench. At…
The headline implied that the Hermosa Creek Wilderness bill would restrict snowmobile access on Molas Pass. In fact, the Hermosa Creek bill provides permanent snowmobile access to the West Needles…
Some say that Roosevelt emerged from his “blue-blood” upper class to save American capitalism. Perhaps so, but I felt in my youth that a man of great heart and mind…
As Cook detailed, the facts do not support the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to drop federal protections for most gray wolves in the lower 48. Nor do they…
The Hermosa Creek Workgroup had representatives from nearly every interest and user group of the Hermosa Creek area including water users, grazers, dirt bikers, sportsmen, quiet recreationists, mountain bikers and…
I call it frightening because this bill would not only automatically approve drilling leases after 60 days, but it also would demand $5,000 from any group wanting to protest a…
It is well-known that Friedman is the direct mouthpiece for this administration. Any critic of President Barack Obama is attacked and delegitimized as a warmonger. If you don’t go along…
