I have seen a few letters from people complaining about all the e-bike riders on the Animas River Trail, and there certainly is a reason for the letters. There are reckless bike riders on the river tr...

Congratulations to the citizens of Frisco, Colorado, who came to the aid of a business owner being harassed by Trump’s ICE. That is what the real America is all about: helping God-fearing, honest, har...

Due to cuts in federal expenditure and property tax funding roads, bridges, public buildings, law enforcement, public safety, wildfires, floods, natural disasters, veterans services, seniors services,...

I have written several emails to U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd. Most centered on the extreme abuses of power exercised by this administration, and Hurd’s and his colleagues’ meek acquiescence to such abuses. To...

To all last-minute voters, we all benefit from the services that our La Plata County departments provide. We all drive back and forth from work, go shopping or get to school on roads maintained by the...

Recently, an older adult was referred to me with a question about an alleged food allergy. The story was that he was eating a chicken sandwich at a local fast-food restaurant. A very disheveled man en...

I liked the cartoon regarding a possible side effect of the government shutdown (Herald, Oct. 17). So, here’s a thought I have offered over the decades whenever there was a government shutdown, and at...

I received a text on Friday, Oct. 17, which was hilarious, though unintentionally so. “Take Politics out of Classes,” it blasted, as it then went on to parody itself. “Protect Safety” – which somehow ...

This past weekend was a powerful reminder of how deeply our county government touches our daily lives. When the waters rose, it was La Plata County’s Sheriff’s swift-water rescue teams, our Road and B...