Questions for the new year
Men and women everywhere: Are we going back to the Dark Ages, or are we moving forward into a new Renaissance? Do we build up and create a better quality of life for ourselves and humanity, ...
WRC board: Power without accountability
It should be noted that Tammy Tyner came from the distinguished Tyner family with generations of dedicated public service in our region. From what staffers and volunteers report, she was doi...
DATE: Jan 16, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Trump’s true colors: War, not peace
After posing as a pacifist to get elected, our president has revealed his true colors: blood red and black gold. He is carrying out military action in Venezuela first, Colombia next, and Cub...
DATE: Jan 16, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
To Noem, we’re all dispensable
Apparently, Kristi Noem thinks both people and puppies are dispensable.
Beverly Lawrence
Durango
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DATE: Jan 14, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Rep. Hurd needs his eyes checked
Congressman Hurd’s New Year’s Resolution (Herald, Jan. 4) reminds one of the 1936 line out of the Marx Brothers’ “Duck Soup” about believing what our eyes see versus what we are told they se...
DATE: Jan 14, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Coexistence requires more thoughtful protocols
Colorado Parks and Wildlife seems to be more intent on vengeance than public safety. When Kristen Marie Kovatch, hiking alone, was killed by a mountain lion recently, CPW killed two lions an...
DATE: Jan 14, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Trump’s intervention reveals big oil’s influence
If anyone thought that the geopolitical impact of fossil fuels was only so much rhetoric, Donald Trump has just corrected that assumption. Venezuela has over three times the oil reserves in ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
We are now an authoritarian state
We are now officially a rogue state, like those countries we vilify. Are you proud?
Trump has autocratically directed the Defense Department to commit terrorist acts, destroying boats at sea...
DATE: Jan 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Our public lands continue to decline under Trump
Something very sinister is still happening to our public lands – while our attention has been distracted by the apparent success of halting (at least for now) a sell-off of public lands, the...
DATE: Jan 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Reworking existing features for a river surf wave
I appreciate the recent letters from folks speaking up for the Animas River, and I’d like to share my perspective on the idea of a river surf-specific wave. I share a deep appreciation and r...
DATE: Jan 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
32nd Street project delays cost community
If well-coordinated construction teams can replace critical bridges in a matter of days, one would think that moderately competent project managers could complete an upgrade of one mile of r...
DATE: Jan 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
Where’s the outrage over government waste?
Elon Musk and DOGE revealed many opportunities to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse from government spending, and there was a huge outcry and violence in opposition to saving our tax dollars ...
DATE: Jan 11, 2026 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor
