Beautiful Forest Lakes – not! The largest subdivision in La Plata County has no enforceable codes in place to protect residents from building contractors who purchase land with no intention…
I learned about Independent Log Co.’s activity from neighbors who were concerned about what they were witnessing from their properties. I drove to the site and discovered the hill immediately…
I am a U.S. Army/Desert Storm veteran and I take issue with a letter on Sunday headlined, “’Proud’ of Boebert’s work for the military.” The letter writer is the new…
As recently reported in The Durango Herald and The Journal, grazing domestic sheep on public land can put bears in direct conflict with sheep herders. Thankfully, it sounds like the…
After a century of a fossil fuel-based economy, the Navajo Nation is shifting to a non-carbon energy economy. The capital from the extractive industry made multinational corporations enormously wealthy. Still,…
Dear Hon. Chief Justice John Roberts, Now that Donald J. Trump has been indicted for crimes against America and us – the American voters – please, grant the American people…
I was at the city’s midtown safety improvement feedback meeting at the public library more than a month ago. Good suggestions from the cycling and business community were made to…
Are you feeling the heat? Perhaps not, as you sit in your air-conditioned office or home. But have you ever paused to consider everything else outside your cool little corner…
The Durango Herald and The Journal have written a few articles over the past couple of years in defense of independent liquor stores in Durango. One would think the local…
Proposition HH is not about saving Coloradans from massive property tax increases. It’s about state politicians repealing the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights in Colorado, the juiciest prize of all for…
I am a U.S. Navy veteran who served as a hospital corpsman. I am proud of what Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is doing for our military. Boebert’s recent vote for the…
The editorial in the Wednesday edition of The Durango Herald and The Journal on the loss of carbon-based jobs in the Navajo Nation was really unnecessary. According to CNN, during…
In the dog days of Durango edition on Friday, The Durango Herald and The Journal’s editorial board poked around the edges of the puppy mill swamp, leaving the admonition that…
On Monday, Feb. 5, someone walked into the Huck Finn Exxon on the corner of C.R. 250 and C.R. 240 and bought a Powerball ticket. The jackpot that night was…
Donald J. Trump’s unwavering support from the party formally known as the GOP has put into clear focus, America is going to hell in a handbasket. It simply doesn’t make…
The editorial in The Journal and The Durango Herald on the pet store ordinance that Durango is considering was called a “feel good” ordinance. That isn’t a bad thing, but…
For an afternoon social event, I highly recommend that you bring your lawn chair to watch City Market’s north parking lot on north Main Avenue. Please, carefully select your location…
Issuing an industrial rezoning for the logging operation at the west entrance to Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez goes against everything the city has previously done for its park system…
My husband and I are against rezoning the Independent Log Co. property from commercial to industrial. Our home is adjacent to ILC’s 10 acres. Cortez’s regulations define the reasons for…
Independent Log Co. owns a 10-acre parcel of land at 1050 Lebanon Road in Cortez. If its industrial re-zoning application is approved, ILC plans to mill logs, erect log cabin…
I have seen Donald Trump rallies in Iowa and around the U.S. I see women young and old cheer him. Don’t they know he was found liable for sexually abusing…
Too many times, I hear or read of people referring to socialism as a system to which the U.S .should turn. Often cited examples of successful socialist countries include the…
I raise concern about the shrinking availability of services at Mercy Hospital (formerly Mercy Regional Medical Center). Pre-Centura, there was certainly greater availability at Mercy of urology, cardiology and gastroenterology…
Durango is a dog friendly town, some might say obsessed. We have two dogs ourselves and all of our neighbors have dogs. People leave water out for dogs being walked…
Our recent movie night at Buckley Park was fantastic. The park was filled with a diverse array of happy people all laughing and cheering together throughout “The Sandlot.” I appreciate…
Here in Southwest Colorado, we’ve experienced a wet winter and spring, which relieved the years-long drought and decreased the wildfire risk. However, now in July, the abundant grass and weeds…
A story about Kroger’s and Albertsons’ CEOs giving details on the controversial $25 billion merger was published on Sunday in The Denver Post. As rural outposts, neither Durango nor Cortez…
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission recently approved Regulation 7, a new standard requiring the Air Pollution Control Division, and oil and gas operators to directly measure methane emissions and use…
This letter is based on a true experience I had hiking recently. I encountered a Texas man hiking alone, going up a trail, who was looking for the parking lot,…
