Karma Bhotia, in blue hat, and Larry Conrad, in yellow shirt, meet some villagers on their way to Langtang National Park in Nepal during an October 2013 trip.Courtesy of Karma…
du1-i-syn Almost 98 percent of Colorado’s businesses are small businesses, employing one million workers. It is absurd that the drivers of our economy are subject to tax burdens as high…
du1-i-syn The office, in Bayfield’s Town Hall, is set to close at the end of December. County spending must be severely reduced in the coming years. Taxes on what has…
The problem is urgent and of the utmost seriousness. Despite almost daily grave new revelations of criminal Russian interference in our democratic processes both before and after last fall’s elections…
It is not against the law to kneel during the anthem. Trump says it’s “total disrespect.” By kneeling during the anthem, people are showing the greatest respect for our country,…
A daylong workshop addressing this issue is planned for Oct. 6. Members from all sectors of our community are encouraged to attend and start a strategic plan to address this…
All of which creates sales and use taxes. La Plata County lacks a method for the potential development of a single additional lot or for commercial/light industrial uses or subdivisions…
FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a herd of bison appears in Yellowstone National Park’s Lamar Valley. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)du1-i-syn Americans celebrate National Public Lands Day…
du1-i-syn Another war? Another generation of U.S. soldiers killed, maimed, or deeply scarred psychologically, emotionally, spiritually? I could relate the horrific statistics of suicide among military veterans under thirty. Instead,…
While not overwhelmingly welcome, plans for adequate parking are overdue
Durango needs to get a handle on the public partying atmosphere before it destroys your town. Please don’t sell your soul to the liquor distributors and bars like we have…
du1-i-syn This will likely be a long night without much sleep as the area is once again given over to loud music (usually the Balcony outdoor stage), or the drunks…
River Mist Preschool students, from left to right, Katherine O’Haver, Teegan Conrad and Sophia Macho-Seekins examine vegetables in the school’s garden. The nonprofit school is fundraising to expand its facilities…
du1-i-syn Marianne Spencer Pearlman Durango
Well, I may have an answer for that. The primary concern of a Senator is re-election, and re-election calls for a constituency. So what constituency is it that the Republicans…
No! No! No! Those were the answers the Cleveland Indians gave to the Jacoby Ellsbury-led New York Yankees in the 12-0 score at their baseball game on Aug. 28. Sorry,…
du1-i-syn The other day Jimmy Kimmel made unfavorable comments about the Graham-Cassidy health bill on his program. In response, you said on your program that he is simply one of…
Luke Perkins/Durango Herald <br><br>Several hundred Coloradans gathered at the State Capitol for a Rally held by Democrats to support the ACA and Colorado Healthcare Exchange. The most recent effort to…
Those of us with residential solar bear the capital expense of installation of the system. In sunny months when the system generates excess power, LPEA buys it from us at…
Well, poor Cory. I guess he’s just a little overwhelmed, trying to find something – anything – that would make this more palatable to him and less damaging to our…
Check-in for my United Airlines flights went smoothly, and the TSA agents were efficient and professional. My fellow passengers and I boarded our flight to Denver and then points beyond.…
If funding is cut, Colorado will have to either eliminate access to Medicaid or figure out how to pay for it ourselves. The legislature already had to decide between closing…
The truth is, Tipton’s voting record regarding environmental protections – and the healthy quality of forests, deserts, oceans, rivers, wildlife and the very air we breathe – has been abysmal…
What does Trump owe Russia? Vladimir Putin, the hacker who got his way with America, is ready to perform the “art of the deal” to lift American sanctions over the…
