Opinion

New guidelines issued last week as to how often women should get mammograms and Pap smears have sparked an importantdiscussion about medical testing, patient expectations and, of course, government...

Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort has canceled the season pass of a skier who has given the resort's managementheadaches for more than two years with her complaints about the ski area's...

Lynn Westberg submitted her resignation earlier this month as executive director of San Juan Basin Health Department.Her intention is to step down on Feb. 1, a year earlier than she had planned,...

As the Herald reported Thursday, the proposed construction of a system to bring potable water to the arid west side ofLa Plata County raises a number of questions. Dryside residents attending a...

California's governor bore the brunt of jokes last summer when he suggested that his state was so desperate for revenuethat taxing marijuana looked appealing. After all, California has had its...

Of all the proposals to help bridge the gulf between the state's projected revenues and proposed expenditures, it's thesnack tax that's getting the most attention.As part of a complicated package...