As 2015 begins, it’s an opportunity to take stock of our lives and examine what we can do to make them better and improve the community around us. While the holiday…
For those who are interested in learning more about what is being done with this, and seeing some real life examples of how successful something as simple and cost effective…
The need to adjust to significant decreases in funding and drastic changes in health care have created innumerable challenges. The health department’s mission to support the health of the community…
As director of an early-year center, I have always appreciated and valued the information and services that SJBH has supplied not only to our client group, but also to staff…
As these families struggle through their first holiday season without their loved ones, you bring the horror of how they were taken from them to life and stab them in…
I think it is time we re-examine this approach to educating our youths. In the process, let’s encourage music, art, free time and other activities that enhance creativity, resourcefulness and…
Lisa Barrett, program manager for care-coordination services, San Juan Basin Health Department Durango
When did the number of hits to a newspaper’s online site become the basis to judge what’s affecting the local community? Equating website hits to real local impact is not…
A story about a spouse with financial means who refuses to offer equitable child support should be reported also. Our court system allows unethical divorce attorneys to rob children. These…
Then, according to the story in the Jan. 3 Herald, we are informed that, although the city has sabotaged our hard work, the code-enforcement officer can come along and place…
Not only is the Herald’s decision to post this video a blatant deviation from ethics, it is quite simply cruel and inhumane to the surviving spouses and children. The Herald…
The homeowners and renters who don’t keep their sidewalks clear make it impossible for walkers and wheelchairs to safely pass by. So to those of you who clear your sidewalks,…
I speak to prisoners about spirituality at the local halfway house. After the end of a lecture, one big bad boy came up to me trembling and said, “I’m a…
Now, we have a new agriculture project we wish to share with the public and ask your help to deliver our vision of supporting sustainable agriculture practice, specifically for stopping…
Tailings ponds, circa 1957, were constructed by Vanadium Corporation of America on the slope of Smelter mountain facing Durango, starting in 1942.Courtesy of Jerry Zink I’m telling you, they used…
So what if La Plata County airport doesn’t have a Starbucks? And why is the baggage belt supposedly inadequate? No new airlines are coming into Durango, and 200,000 passengers a…
I was fortunate to have been employed as a registered nurse at the health department for about 10 years until moving out of town in the mid-1990s. During that time,…
I was later advised by San Juan Basin Health that they sought waivers from the state to discontinue many of the personal contacts with the clients while apparently forcing the…
The “best” stories of 2014 in Durango should be about positive accomplishments that add to our lives – cultural and athletic milestones, Fort Lewis College happenings (grant for new Berndt…
Let’s hope that instead of repeating SJBHD’s heinous behavior, others choose instead to act with personal integrity and compassion, as Fowler did. Peg Rogers Ignacio
For instance, blacks are about 14 percent of the U.S. population, yet they commit approximately 50 percent of the crimes. If crime is not policed in minority communities because of…
