Talk of the Times - The Durango Herald

America needs a savior, we are told

By Carole McWilliams I do errands in Durango about once a week. There are annoyances generally related to traffic or needing a product that's on the top shelf at South City Market...

DATE: Jul 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Water, highways top list of legislative priorities

By J. Paul Brown The sheep are in the mountains, and we are very thankful for a good lamb crop. We will move each camp in the high country every week with horses and mules and wil...

DATE: Jul 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Strike back against the ugliness

What an irony that our readers got their July 8 Times with the article about the award for the Bayfield Marshal's Office at the same time they were getting news of the sniper killing of five...

DATE: Jul 14, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Bayfield hits a homer on 4th of July fun

I love the 4th of July, although sometimes, I wish we could have the 4th off. But that's not the way it works when you have a job at a small-town paper where Independence Day is the big town...

DATE: Jul 7, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Declare independence from health-care greed with Amendment 69

By Don Martin Two hundred-and forty-years ago, American colonists struggled hard with deep ideological issues with Mother England. Life in America was hard. Yet Englan...

DATE: Jun 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

July 4 triggers uneasy feelings

In Bayfield we take great pride in our Independence Day activities - the Lions Club breakfast, the parade that's grown too large to go around twice, the park activities, the fireworks that a...

DATE: Jun 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

County asking for tax increase for Road & Bridge Fund

Courtesy La Plata County Board of Commissioners La Plata County crews are responsible for ensuring that our 653 miles of county roads provide residents and visitors safe, efficien...

DATE: Jun 24, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

To the victims, all mass shootings are terrorism

Colorado has a tragic history of mass shootings. First was Columbine High School in 1999. Then a man invaded the high school near Bailey, took a bunch of girls hostage and killed ...

DATE: Jun 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Bullies reach new low in questioning financial need

Whatever happened to, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?" Questioning a military widow for accepting financial support, to me, is about the lowest thing s...

DATE: Jun 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Primary election ballots are coming

Colorado has a primary election on June 28. No, there won't be any presidential candidates to vote against, but there will be contests of interest. For local Democrat...

DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

House bill would allow of presidential primary, local caucus

By J. Paul Brown Colorado State Representative, HD 59 I heard loud and clear across the 59th House District that voters were not happy that they did not have the opport...

DATE: May 5, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times

Legalized discrimination didn't fly in Colorado

Back in 1992, around 53 percent of Colorado voters approved Amendment 2 to the state constitution, making it illegal for pinko-liberal towns like Boulder and Aspen to ban discrimination agai...

DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Talk of the Times