For the past year and a half, I’ve been reporting weekly on municipal government in three rural Western Colorado towns. Delta is the largest, at just under 10,000 people. Paonia has a population of 1,...

Congressman Hurd’s New Year’s Resolution (Herald, Jan. 4) reminds one of the 1936 line out of the Marx Brothers’ “Duck Soup” about believing what our eyes see versus what we are told they see. In shor...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife seems to be more intent on vengeance than public safety. When Kristen Marie Kovatch, hiking alone, was killed by a mountain lion recently, CPW killed two lions and would ha...

Organic. Grass fed. Ethically raised. Ethically processed. Low carbon footprint. Locally sourced. These are all buzzwords a growing, health-conscious population wants to see on the meat they eat. In L...

GUANARE, Venezuela (AP) — Freedom came too late for Edilson Torres. The police officer was buried Tuesday in his humble, rural hometown following his death in a Venezuelan prison, where he was held in...

The Durango High School boys basketball team relied on its defense all of Tuesday night against Pagosa Springs, especially down the stretch before closing out a 50-45 win. Height and size aren’t on Du...