Unfortunately, that is especially true for electricity. We are learning that the health effects of generating power from coal are terrible. For example, I have asthma. It has been shown…
Efforts to strip federal protection from wolves across the northern Rockies, consigning them to the bullet, steel trap and poison bait management tactics of state wildlife agencies, are further reason…
School District 9-R’s governing body can’t see problem with superintendent
Nationally, youth turnout was the highest in 25 years. Young Coloradans in particular turned out at some of the highest levels in the entire country. As an intern with the…
We are grateful for this and other actions to address worsening wildfires. The main cause of increased wildfires has been rising temperatures leading to earlier snowmelt, which in turn led…
I have hunted the Durango area since 1992 and agree with other hunters that elk hunting was great 10 to 20 years ago. As soon as Colorado DOW eliminated bait…
The article examined the allopathic and alternative methods used during this five-year journey. This update shares further information and a request for help. Since the article’s publication, Tom is grappling…
Ms. Ferrell attends nearly every board meeting and always has a commonsense take on what transpires. I am not able to make as many meetings as Sarah, but I was…
When a Sheriff’s lieutenant lost his job due to a small theft, was it too much?
I also appreciate that she attends most board meetings and is engaged in her cooperative. I feel I need to make a few comments to set the record straight. The…
Pure-gas.org lists 13,800 North America gas stations that sell it; six are in Durango. Many are unaware of how ethanol harms vehicles, economies and the environment. Ethanol attracts water vapor…
As much as I am glad there are more elected officials agreeing with people wanting sensible gun laws enacted now and not later, it’ll take no more lucrative payoffs to…
These standards were put in place to protect Americans from harmful methane pollution. I was there as a member of the environmental advocacy group Defend Our Future, and, like so…
Days ago a second major climate report was issued, this one by 13 of our federal government agencies. Climate change is happening now; we’re paying for it now, suffering now.…
Gov.-elect Jared Polis rattles teachers, union supporters with team selections
Maybe she doesn’t realize that one’s financial statement is not all disposable income. Who would take a train engine as payment for a car, and if that were possible, what…
How can it be legal for a nurse and her assistant to refuse your medication against doctor’s orders? Michele Northcutt Durango
As an employee assistance counselor for the past 20 years, I’ve had the privilege to work with the employees of the city of Durango, La Plata County, Fort Lewis College,…
Oh, excuse me, I meant City Council. You can see how I could get confused. Taylor Libby Durango
As we attempt to solve the mystery, I think it is important to be comprehensive and discuss the effects of trophy hunting. For millennia, elk have co-evolved along with predators…
At the September board meeting, Britt Bassett, Jack Turner and others decided it was proper to delete from the minutes nearly two hours of dialogue that took place at the…
My one complaint: People, please leave your smart phones in your pocket. There were people next to us, in front of us, and all around, checking their Facebook page, looking…
A report from the U.S. Forest Service in 2013 stated specifically that “A century ago, a ponderosa pine forest may have had 25 mature trees per acre. Today the same…
We owe this holiday in part to an early feminist who strove against all odds
I have stopped reading this column. For the reasons stated by Ms. Chilcoat, it frustrates me. To add to what Chilcoat wrote, for example, the title of the editorial today…
