Sparkman asks whether the airport is being prioritized over water and wastewater infrastructure in Durango. It is not. A substantial upgrade to Durango wastewater was approved and funded last year,…
Altering the ballot language was a bipartisan effort. But the Legislative Council’s work is supposed to be nonpartisan. And in this case, it was clear that the ballot measure in…
Healthy individuals, whose participation is needed to cover those who require care, have purchased lower-cost plans, leaving little excess. Families are doing much the same, risking financial stress by signing…
Full-day kindergarten is at risk of being cut next year. Colorado does not mandate all-day kindergarten, yet Durango 9-R has funded full-day kindergarten because educators recognize that all-day kindergarten is…
The schedule for Candidate Forums (with La Plata County Commission candidates, District 2: Gwen Lachelt, Lyle McKnight; District 3: Kayla Patterson, Julie Westendorff; and state Legislative District 59 candidates, J.…
It is the generic term for charcoal that is used as a soil amendment, and is commonly made from wood and other plant material that has undergone pyrolysis. In other…
It is unfortunate that American politics, and the election season in particular, have devolved to an “us against them” process. The issue discussions that become personal attacks and then the…
In 2016, that would mean four candidates in the debates, including Clinton, Trump, Green Party candidate Jill Stein and Libertarian Gary Johnson. As it stands now, only Clinton and Trump…
Her Colorado roots go back over 150 years. They are in agriculture as well as the classroom, and are deeply grounded in a great family. To say that McLachlan has…
Who hasn’t smiled driving by and looking for any changes to it? Are we so pretentious that we care what newcomers driving into the city think of our choice of…
When I was appointed to the Airport Commission Board, a volunteer board that advises the airport director on issues related to the airport, I was a bit skeptical of the…
If Obamacare is a nightmare, then Amendment 69 is the devil coming at you with all the pitchforks in hell. Please read the actual Article XXX on Amendment 69 that…
We tend to take water for granted (our food and energy too) and only occasionally think of the journey it makes from the high mountains to our taps. Like last…
Before we go to vote on whether local taxpayers should pick up the tab on what looks like a Taj Mahal of a terminal, let’s look at how some other…
Some of us already know that possessing a library card presents an entryway into myriad worlds of reading and listening pleasure, insight, exploration and learning, all for free. And now,…
Story released this week could change how we eat and how we see research
I notice that more and more, restaurant patrons of all ages bring out their “tip calculator card” when their bill is presented to them. It lists the tip value for…
But I think the public finds it a stretch to accept this mass of stones as art. Reynolds cites the use of stones by the ancients to mark trails or…
But perhaps we need a new adjective to describe the glory of autumn? It is hard to mention it – from the Animas headwaters to the meanderings of the San…
The most recent list we have made is not like others to which we are accustomed that compares Durango to another town, but is an informal checklist against which cities,…
The DOI currently oversees the Bears Ears area and will continue to do so if a monument designation is made. A monument would increase management responsibility for the DOI. Will…
The county budget allocates sales taxes and property taxes to roads and bridges each year, but property tax revenues are dropping quickly with the decline locally of the gas and…
Our vibrant and diverse community gives us much in which to take pride, and this is always reinforced when I travel outside of town. While there are a lot of…
We should all encourage people to speak their minds and express their opinions, but it needs to be done in a respectful manner. To show this level of disrespect is…
I don’t care for one second what anyone else thinks about what you publish. If it isn’t a comment from someone telling how to become a millionaire, it’s a crude…
Click on www.911Day.org to “pledge one good deed,” including volunteering for multiple organizations across the country. In Durango, participating organizations include the United Way Serving Southwest Colorado and the Girl…
That makes this an appropriate time to reiterate Herald letters policy and to reinforce the importance of letters to the Herald and this community. The letters space is a place…
For her to assume that the party in question is “illegal” without having any proof is just another example of the hate Trump is stirring up around the country. Trump…
A simple Google search shows Wyoming was first in 1869, followed by Utah in 1870 and Washington in 1883. Granted, they were territories. But they were first, not Colorado. Where’s…
Trump’s defining characteristics are now clear for all to see: He is a massive liar, a raging narcissist and a welcher. He possesses no political ideology. He is largely ignorant…
