REI quietly opened its doors on Wednesday for a friends and family event, followed by a public opening on Friday (Herald, July 27). When the national retailer announced in 2023 that Durango would be h...

Congratulations, Rep. Hurd. You must be proud of your affirmative vote to pass the “Big Beautiful Bill” that endangers health care for a third of your constituents in the 3rd Congressional District. M...

My family is the property owner of the ranch in La Plata Canyon damaged by La Plata Electric Association and mentioned in the article, “Powerline work damages property in Western La Plata County” (Her...

Thousands of federal employees have lost their jobs due to the current administration’s cuts and threats to cut U.S. government programs. Each job lost has ripple effects throughout our economy and so...

Status is generally and subjectively defined by family background, education, occupation, social network, income and sometimes residence … The category that is always preeminent is income, no matter t...

I’m proud to serve as a volunteer board member of the LPEA Round Up Foundation, an independent, member-led nonprofit. Our mission is to strengthen local communities using funds from LPEA members who v...

In January 2008, just after a meeting of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition at Asilomar on the gorgeous mid-California Coast, I set out to explore one of our nation’s breadbaskets – or better yet –...

For the last week, with the help of Durango’s Sepp Kuss, Visma-Lease a Bike team leader Jonas Vingegaard is only 11 seconds behind rival and general classification leader Tadej Pogačar. However, the e...