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Speeders are really frustrated drag racers

Here's a thought: Maybe we can start with 32nd Street, if the city lads might ever get the upper end of it finished. Methinks in the last three or four years, a few young lads “up the way” s...

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango schools raise expectations

A recent letter to the editor asked if Durango School District is “celebrating lower expectations” (Herald, Sept. 3). The opposite is true. Our students and educators earned some of the high...

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Bring back John Peel

Get John Peel out of retirement again to do Action Line. The new guy is not funny! … and where are Smelter Mountain para sailers? Crashed, quit or lost in space? John Peel would find out. ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Immigration laws should be enforced, not Ignored

I lived in San Diego for almost 50 years before moving to Southwest Colorado. From time to time, I did business in Baja California. I had to have the proper insurance for my vehicle along wi...

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A gun owner’s plea after another school shooting

How many will have to die? An unfortunate thing about the recent school shooting in Minneapolis is that we can actually predict that a similar incident will occur in America again and again ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

REI is not the problem

I find it terribly ironic that city and business leaders, who for years have pushed so fiercely for growth at any cost, now find themselves protesting the inevitable results of that growth. ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

What were they thinking? And drinking?

My goodness – what is going on with the new curbing on North College Drive? Who designed the curbing? Why? I want whatever it is he is drinking. Skip Vaughan Durango ...

DATE: Sep 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The mad king has no boundaries

With the help of Trump’s federal judges, the Epstein files will never be seen by the public. His entire administration was created with only one mission and that is to protect their king. T...

DATE: Sep 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Only citizens can stop Trump’s enforcers

The story of the future of America may be defined by Stephen Miller, the propaganda minister of the White House, organizing armies of control and retribution for the age-damaged president. M...

DATE: Sep 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tax hike won’t fix self-inflicted revenue problem

La Plata County commissioners are asking voters to approve a 1% sales tax increase this November to fund basic services (Herald, Aug. 27). While I understand the need to maintain roads, law ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Are we celebrating lower expectations?

Durango School District recently celebrated rising CMAS test scores (Herald, Jul. 25). But before we applaud, let’s ask a harder question: What exactly are we celebrating? Ten years ago, Col...

DATE: Sep 3, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

When words fail, a simple ‘thank you’

Thank you to all the agencies that coordinated the response to the Blue Ridge Fire in Forest Lakes. As a resident, I am grateful for the rapidity and intensity of those called to action. Wh...

DATE: Aug 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor