In case anyone missed it, RFK, Jr. is still on the ballot in Colorado and votes for him will be counted even though he has withdrawn from the presidential race. So to any of my friends or neighbors wh...

Cleave Simpson’s claim to fame: sponsoring an agriculture bill that he has already learned has no money in the budget. I call that pie in the sky. Why didn’t Simpson support ranchers and farmers when ...

Voters of House District 59, it’s time to question why so much money is pouring into this race. The group Colorado Way Forward has already invested heavily ($220K) ... why? Is it merely to maintain pa...

It’s a difficult time to be a Democrat, but it didn’t have to end this way. Had President Biden kept the promise that he represented a one-term transition to a newer generation of leadership, the Demo...

Sen. Cleave Simpson is again sponsoring a groundbreaking bill in the upcoming 2025 Colorado legislative session, if reelected. The Regenerative Ag bill (SB24-152) enjoyed amazing bipartisan support th...

I find it disappointing that voters are hearing and reading buzzwords like “deregulate.” Reviewing and revising parts of a land-use code is not deregulation. Any citizen who believes regulations are t...

The lies being told to Colorado citizens about mountain lion and bobcat hunting are egregious. This initiative is being pushed by an anti-hunting agenda that does nothing to conserve wildlife in our o...

Rational, well intended men and women can differ in views and policies for the greater good. Thus the political process. But this is not what we face in this election. The Republican Party has gone al...

It is difficult for me to pick someone to endorse when I know both well. Matt Salka married into a very good family in La Plata County. He was mayor of Bayfield. A little over a year ago, at a candida...

Oct. 20’s editorial screed against Trump, declaring how he would ruin the United States, is not a surprise for most people living in the Durango area. The Herald takes the time to do what the liberal ...