It is amazing that in this corner of Colorado, we have such a high performing public school system given the fact that this state has one of the lowest per pupil education investments in the country. ...

In recent days, we’ve seen the natural threat of flooding to our county and we send our offers of help to those who lost their homes or had damage. Our thanks go out to all first responders and volunt...

This letter is in response to the raft that was stuck on the bridge (Herald, Oct. 14). I have been a commercial raft guide on several rivers around the U.S. Therefore, I am aware that these things can...

When water levels in Vallecito and Grimes creeks began rising early Oct. 11, emergency responders wasted no time in recognizing the significance of what more than five inches of rain in 24 hours meant...

After rebuking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump confided to reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin “respects me.” After months of Putin’s blu...

I'm in full support of Leslie Orr's take on the eyesore property along State Highway 140 in Hesperus (Herald, Oct. 12). I may be mistaken, but since Hesperus is unincorporated it comes under the rules...

Senior Evelette Hollibaugh smashed 15 kills at a .297 rate Thursday night and the red-hot Bayfield Wolverines volleyball booked their fourth-consecutive victory – and eighth in their last 10 outings –...

Strange and stressful as the rare Thursday night game inside Wolverine Country Stadium was, its ending was something out of any of the most competitive clashes one could recall. Hosting fortune-starve...

In the last column I published, I wrote, “Treat players like one-year comets shooting through Durango.” That still applies to Fort Lewis College athletes and specifically, the Fort Lewis College men’s...