A region-wide disaster occurred when an estimated 3 million gallons of water began gushing out of the collapsed portal into the Gold King Mine on Wednesday morning. That the Environmental Protection A...

A young woman with severe and chronic mental illness is spending months in our county jail awaiting the disposition of her case. I am responsible for putting her there. About three years ag...

I encourage anyone who is able, to consider buying school supplies to help local teachers and their students. In recent years, with some great helpers, I organized a community school supply...

WASHINGTON – On climate change, we need to go beyond the tired storyline of “deniers” versus the “scientific consensus.” Until it’s discredited by falling temperatures, global warming is a reality. ...

It is not often a community can celebrate a new high school building, and for Cortez that time comes on Friday. Guided tours along with barbecue begin at 4:30, with speeches and a ribbon cutting at 6....

Our outdoor heritage is what drew so many of us to Colorado, especially here in Durango. Our rivers and mountains continually draw tourists and locals alike onto our Main Streets and into our mountain...

It has been reported that the San Juan County commissioners and the government of the town of Silverton have been instrumental in preventing the Coal King mine and many other mines in that area from b...

Tired of being hit up for spare change? Take a copy of the Herald want ads and give it to the beggars – no spare change. There are plenty of jobs in the paper! All businesses should put a n...