In the early days of this short and jam-packed 30-day legislative session, hundreds of aspiring laws are culled to dozens through a simple but obscure question – “Is it germane?”
The quality of being ...
Lawmakers are making another run at amending the Colorado Recreational Use Statute, hoping to ease liability concerns that have hindered recreational access to private lands in recent years.
Since the...
Heavy snows turn the city of Durango into a winter wonderland with plenty of opportunities for winter sporting across the hilly landscape. But it is a full-time effort for Durango’s street crews to ke...
The Roberts Resorts Village Camp is totally inappropriate for the Animas Valley. This proposal would have extremely high impacts on the valley and its current residents, including wildlife.
The Hermos...
Last week, the La Plata County commissioners voted to extend the loan of $500,000 to enable Community Investment Alliance to continue piecing together bridge housing for individuals/families experienc...
Not too long ago, one way to realize the dream of homeownership in the Southwest was to purchase a modest piece of land outside city limits, and build a cozy cabin in the hills, surrounded by trees.
T...
The Durango Herald has said it will not print a letter to the editor that is flat out wrong. It won’t print lies. Now, if only staff members would apply that same criteria to the rest of the paper...
It was with a heavy heart that I read about the Four Corners Free Press going out of publication. It felt like learning about the death of a dear friend.
For 20 years, I have depended on the Free Pres...
At a recent church-sponsored town hall in Colorado Springs, Colorado Representative and pastor Scott Bottoms rejected the science of biological evolution, calling it a hoax. To my knowledge, Bottoms i...
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