For an afternoon social event, I highly recommend that you bring your lawn chair to watch City Market’s north parking lot on north Main Avenue. Please, carefully select your location…
Issuing an industrial rezoning for the logging operation at the west entrance to Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez goes against everything the city has previously done for its park system…
My husband and I are against rezoning the Independent Log Co. property from commercial to industrial. Our home is adjacent to ILC’s 10 acres. Cortez’s regulations define the reasons for…
Independent Log Co. owns a 10-acre parcel of land at 1050 Lebanon Road in Cortez. If its industrial re-zoning application is approved, ILC plans to mill logs, erect log cabin…
I have seen Donald Trump rallies in Iowa and around the U.S. I see women young and old cheer him. Don’t they know he was found liable for sexually abusing…
Too many times, I hear or read of people referring to socialism as a system to which the U.S .should turn. Often cited examples of successful socialist countries include the…
I raise concern about the shrinking availability of services at Mercy Hospital (formerly Mercy Regional Medical Center). Pre-Centura, there was certainly greater availability at Mercy of urology, cardiology and gastroenterology…
Durango is a dog friendly town, some might say obsessed. We have two dogs ourselves and all of our neighbors have dogs. People leave water out for dogs being walked…
Our recent movie night at Buckley Park was fantastic. The park was filled with a diverse array of happy people all laughing and cheering together throughout “The Sandlot.” I appreciate…
Here in Southwest Colorado, we’ve experienced a wet winter and spring, which relieved the years-long drought and decreased the wildfire risk. However, now in July, the abundant grass and weeds…
A story about Kroger’s and Albertsons’ CEOs giving details on the controversial $25 billion merger was published on Sunday in The Denver Post. As rural outposts, neither Durango nor Cortez…
All it takes is one look at Independent Log Co.’s northeast property line where it meets the trailhead for the 72-acre Carpenter Natural Area to understand that the city of…
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission recently approved Regulation 7, a new standard requiring the Air Pollution Control Division, and oil and gas operators to directly measure methane emissions and use…
This letter is based on a true experience I had hiking recently. I encountered a Texas man hiking alone, going up a trail, who was looking for the parking lot,…
If you are interested in accelerating climate change solutions, you may be interested in the newly proposed PROVE IT Act. It will act as a precursor, paving the way for…
I recently read this and I thought this was very appropriate, as this is the way my wife and I have lived our lives, as did our families. “The American’s…
There have been a number of anti-Republican posts and commentaries in The Durango Herald over the last few months. Anti-Democrat posts, not so much. I suppose that with the Democrat…
Healthy ecosystems depend on plant and animal species as their foundations. When a species becomes endangered, it is a sign that the ecosystem is slowly falling apart. Each species that…
Thank you for telling dispatchers’ story in “A call for help” on Sunday. A long time ago I was a volunteer firefighter. In those days, dispatchers would announce their radio…
The news story on Friday with the headline, “What to expect with near record-high temperatures in Durango,” advised people to hydrate with water. A better source is skim milk. Rudolph…
What is MAGA? I thought it stood for Make America Great Again? Who wouldn’t want that? Sounds like a mainstream idea to me. Eons ago, I remember cheering American men…
Sunday’s guest column on the plight of the bighorn highlights the growing gap between market-based pricing and historic uses of public lands. We need a more realistic linkage between the…
I request that the city reconsider its determination to install permanent pickleball court(s) to the existing, previously paid for, taken care of, well-used and much-loved Schneider Park. What authority allows…
Having barely won re-election, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert will need strong support from moderate Republicans and some Independents to stay in office. This being the case, her handlers may encourage…
Over the past year, Highway 140 from the state line to Hesperus has become a speedway for commuters from New Mexico into Colorado. It isn’t uncommon to have multiple drivers…
I recently attended an “on the road” meeting with the county commissioners at Breen. It was well-attended and the community was chomping at the bit to talk about the Hesperus…
After moving every two years during our military career, my husband and I were happy to retire to Pueblo, “The Home of Heroes.” But I do not understand why “The…
While reading Tom DeHudy’s insightful, discerning guest column in The Durango Herald on July 9, I could not but help reflect on the Roberts Resorts proposal for 300+ RV spaces…
I have been walking in Carpenter Natural Area since 2009. It has been my go-to place to get quick exercise and a mental reprieve from the demands of everyday life,…
On July 9, a Durango resident’s letter to the editor was published with the headline, “God bless Lauren Boebert.” This composition relied upon dated information, probably taken from Boebert’s website,…
