Journal Staff Writer

Ranching right

Colorado finalists for the Leopold award show the best of private conservation

Commissioners are hogs at the trough

M.B. McAfee, in a letter, rightly called out our county commissioners for their lack of leadership during the coronavirus crisis. There are two reason for their inaction. ...

Bernie Sanders is right about all of it

Like it or not, Bernie Sanders is right about health care. In order to cover everyone (the rational and moral thing) we need to stop diverting billions of dollars into profits for insurance ...

Secrets of seed for the thrifty gardener

By Gail Vanik Perhaps you’re thrifty and have saved seeds from years past. Perhaps you simply bought too much last year and have leftover seed. Either way, one of the most common ...

Teach who you can

Closing schools makes sense. Denying online learning to all who can does not.

Where are the tests for folks like us?

Thousand of vehicles pass within 100 yards of my rural home coming from other states and potentially transporting the COVID virus. Many stop at a convenience store less than 8 mil...

Letters: On virus, Trump can’t rise above truth

Before I retired, I was a member of the Public Relations Society of America. For true professionals, this organization’s code of ethics is the unbreakable rule of ethical conduct. ...

To all who have filled up your pantries

To all the people of Cortez and surrounding communities who have overstuffed your pantries, I have a couple of questions. When the worldwide goal is to contain the spread of a hig...

A long trip, short visit to celebrate 95th birthday outside a window

Durango Herald Staff Writer A family of eight drove 13 hours from Colleyville, Texas, to Durango last weekend to celebrate their family patriarch’s 95th birthday. But once they ar...

Thank them now for keeping it clean

Recently, our community has closed all of our schools to protect our children and school staff from the coronavirus. Thank you for doing that. But I wanted to thank the...

Commissioners could do so much more

Commissioners, where is your leadership for our county in this time of uncertainty? Where are messages from you that will inspire our citizens to know that we are resilient, that ...

The big repeal

Two and a half centuries ago, the fuse was lit for revolution