From our Congressman - The Durango Herald

Plight of river downstream of McPhee Dam is a sad story indeed

A river used to run through it, could be the title of a book describing the Dolores River country downstream of McPhee Reservoir. A dramatic, rugged landscape of sandstone canyons, the area ...

DATE: Jun 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

With population up and revenue down, infrastructure is slippin through the cracks

La Plata County crews are responsible for ensuring that our 653 miles of county road – 222 miles paved and 431 miles gravel – provide our residents and visitors with safe, efficient routes a...

DATE: Jun 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Summer work on legislative interim committee to focus on water, forests

With the 2016 Colorado legislative session behind us, the interim committees now begin their work to dig deeper into the issues that present some of Colorado’s biggest challenges. Many legis...

DATE: Jun 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Attendees at Durango vigil search for answers, refuge after Orlando tragedy

Searching was the theme on Tuesday night. Searching for answers, searching for solace; the folks gathered for the candlelight vigil at Rotary park to remember the killed and injured in the O...

DATE: Jun 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Don’t judge a river by its color

2015 spill led to a new way to monitor mountain rivers

DATE: Jun 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Constitution leaves little to fear from Sharia law

The interaction between religious freedom and secular law is a controversial issue that the courts have been grappling with since the beginning of the republic. The questions of ...

DATE: Jun 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Agriculture counts, locally and nationally

Agriculture is one of the oldest and most important professions. From the beginning of time, people have discovered methods to produce their own food, and since then, the methods have improv...

DATE: Jun 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

A year later, Pearl Harbor reverberates

Pearl Harbor was still on Durangoans’ minds as the first anniversary of the attack arrived. After the trying days of 1941, on all battle fronts, optimists could see better days coming throug...

DATE: Jun 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Durango High drama program continues to impress on stage and off

School is out for most Durango High School students and staff, except for a notable group of high achievers. For 15 members of Troupe 1096, the DHS drama program, and program director Ben Ma...

DATE: Jun 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Citizen legislators back to work at real jobs

When the gavel fell at around 11:30 p.m. on May 11 and the second session of the 70th General Assembly of the Colorado Legislature was adjourned, I was grateful for a successful session. But...

DATE: May 31, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

How social media warps our world

Those who’ve been raising alarms about Facebook are right: Almost every minute that we spend on our smartphones and tablets and laptops, thumbing through favorite websites and scrolling thro...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Clinic still needs more vets to sign up

Because of the response to asking veterans to sign up for health care in our local Veterans Administration Contract Based Outpatient Care Clinic, we have reached 85 percent of our goal of 4...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman