During the 1930s, the majority of the water was diverted south, leaving everything beyond Dolores bone dry in the summer. I hear people angry that farmers get the water, ranchers…
There is a problem, however, with legal marijuana use because of pesticides. It is bad enough that commercial products sold in grocery stores are chock-filled with unhealthy additives – at…
Any reduction in CO2 concentration “would require substantial and sustained cuts in anthropogenic (human-caused) emissions to near zero.” While I believe this is possible (witness World War II super-production efforts,…
Coloradans have witnessed the unpleasant experience of high heat. One of the reasons for such high heat is climate change. Global warming alters climate both globally and locally. And carbon…
Of far more importance, however, is that we keep alive the memory he lived to perpetuate. For as Wiesel said, to forget the Holocaust would be to kill the victims…
Islam is not a simple religion like “I believe in Jesus” or “I believe in Buddha,” but is instead a belief system that incorporates a set of civil laws called…
I first came to the San Juan’s when I was 18 to find myself, so this place is interwoven into my soul. But prospectors no longer explore these peaks. It…
Independence Day is not tied to any faith, ethnicity or racial group. And it lacks the somber quality of Memorial Day or Veterans Day. The Fourth of July is a…
I have heard people on the airport commission talking about the necessity of airport expansion and moving the terminal to the other side of the runway. The airport in its…
Colorado’s education system has been suffering financially for a long time. Despite being the 14th wealthiest state in the country, we rank 42nd in per-pupil funding for our students. Time…
If you really, really want a gun, you should get one; this is, after all, a free country. Who knows, you may be the person who does step in and…
If gun control is so great, why does President Barack Obama’s hometown of Chicago, with the toughest gun control in the nation, show that there were 1,827 shootings since the…
He may as well claim there has been one automobile accident in the U.S. in the past decade. When he referred to the time frame of the past 50 years,…
His often tumultuous relationship with Durango authorities, the friendship and help of the Mancos ranching family the Wetherills, who rediscovered Mesa Verde while hunting lost cows, and arrest and jailing…
As I understand the argument, it’s not a question of if potential local renewable generation would be purchased but who would do the negotiation for the rate we all would…
The funding will go to the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps, a public-private initiative that connects America’s youths and veterans with job opportunities that conserve and protect natural resources. This…
Continuous water quality monitoring not only alerts officials to blowout events, it also is linked to over 20 years of data on metals concentration. This historic relationship is used to…
Instead of focusing on the recent slaughter in Orlando, The Durango Herald (June 26) chose to honor sin with a large front page picture of the gay parade and a…
Why not call it what it is, a celebration of those who define themselves by their sexual orientation? Christians usually define themselves by their faith orientation. I would guess Durango…
As the original home base and training facility for the 10th Mountain Division, Camp Hale is one of Colorado’s most prominent ties to World War II. More than 14,000 men…
The article begins with a photo of Kaitlin Johnsen following the rules by carrying a bag of waste from her dogs. This photo is a perfect example of the complete…
I wanted to take a few minutes to publicly thank two local businesses for the outstanding job they did to help us out, and let the people of Durango know…
The current tenor of our politics seems to fan the flames of fear and encourage us to go beyond holding the guilty accountable and to demonize whole groups of people.…
Yes, my 2- year-old is fiery, passionate and bull-headed. While I wouldn’t change that about him, we are trying to have him channel that passion in more constructive means other…
That is not the case. England, its United Kingdom neighbors and the European Union all have options. So, too, do other EU members. Few of those options are attractive and…
We already have a ton of them. We don’t need any more. What if tourism heads south, especially since the Environmental Protection Agency sent toxic sludge down our river? The…
The current financial structure of the Southern Ute Tribe, separating the Growth Fund from the Permanent Fund and diversifying the tribe’s income structure away from exclusive reliance on oil and…
This 5-3 ruling stands in direct opposition to the broadest and most effective efforts to restrict abortion. As such it is a significant victory for women’s rights. The decision came…
We all have preferences. When you go to a restaurant and your preferred entree isn’t available, you might be inconvenienced, but you are still able to order something else. Preference…
Republicans have roundly criticized the ACA since its inception in 2008, but this is the first time they have proposed a mostly complete plan of their own. As would be…
