Dave Marston’s red flag warning (Herald, Jan. 15) about wildfire danger in La Plata County comes with three prevention “basics.” I’d suggest adding a fourth: Deny construction of large-scale utility ...

Editor’s note: Pete Hegseth was confirmed as Defense Secretary on Friday night. Why aren’t more Republican senators opposed to Pete Hegseth’s nomination as secretary of defense, particularly in l...

America is exceptional in many regards. One of the most notable of our ideals encompasses 640 million acres: our system of public lands and waters, equally owned by every citizen. “We the people own t...

Jan. 20, 2025, America made a justly convicted felon the president of the most powerful nation in the world. God save America, or is it too late? Tim Fleming Bloomfield

As a rather temporarily displaced Durangoan currently living in the Los Angeles area, I was both heartened and more than a bit proud to read the article “Local fire departments hit the road to help Lo...

The letter, “Leftist crazies now support premeditated murder” (Herald, Jan. 19), is exactly what I picture when I think of the word “propaganda.” Not only does the writer not include a single legitim...

Freshman guard Katie Lamb was ready to go from the opening tipoff for the Fort Lewis College women’s basketball team’s game against University of Colorado Colorado Springs. However, Lamb’s career-high...

In a few plays, Fort Lewis College men’s basketball guard Tru Allen went from looking like a freshman to the fifth year leader he is as the Skyhawks beat University of Colorado Colorado Springs 87-84 ...

Rumors and fear have overtaken Colorado’s immigrant communities since Donald Trump returned to the presidency and signed a flurry of executive orders and memos related to immigration enforcement. Acro...

I was on a Baptist mission trip in Southeast Asia in 1976 when a newspaper appeared at my motel door proclaiming Jimmy Carter as winner of the U.S. presidential election. Local people asked if I was h...