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Staying with Tri-State most secure, least costly option

The rapidly changing energy environment is proving what I said in my prior opinion column, “Let’s avoid the potential negative impacts of withdrawing from Tri-State,” (Herald, Dec. 8). As be...

DATE: Apr 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thank you to the candidates who stepped up

Thank you to Olivier Bosmans and Chris Elias for running for Durango City Council. We should also recognize Clark Craig, Paul Black, Vivian Smotherman, Adam Frisch and others who put themsel...

DATE: Apr 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Bryce Kelly is well worth the price

I just needed to get this off my heart. Ever since Bryce Kelly has hit the formidable front line of the Herald’s high school and overall sports, he has been professionally nothing less than...

DATE: Apr 13, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Productive Public Lands Act serves all Americans

A recent letter (Herald, Mar. 23)) overlooks the broader benefits of Rep. Hurd’s Productive Public Lands Act. Far from serving “big business,” this bill ensures our federal lands serve all A...

DATE: Apr 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The time for TABOR reform is now

In recent history, Colorado needed dollars to help residents get out of real trouble during the recession of 2008-10, and again during COVID-19. State legislators could not help much, since ...

DATE: Apr 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Readers write poetry:

In this stillness I hear whispers Reminders We are not alone Not strangers, but companions In this sacred place Where love is not a sentiment But an act An ongoing choice to recognize The di...

DATE: Apr 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump, Musk not fixing the efficiency problem

Certainly our federal government requires downsizing, and more efficiency. We have all had frustrating, confusing, time-consuming incidents in this regard. But, is the current “house cleanin...

DATE: Apr 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Readers write poetry:

I gaze out my kitchen window As the shadows pass over the cliffs. The Soaring Swallows of Smelter Are back! Swooping silently near the craggy cliffs Only to rise again. Humans taking flight!...

DATE: Apr 9, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Readers write poetry:

I have a list of intentions And all of them are good. I know about the road to hell That's fully understood. It's impossible to get to all of them For reasons I'll not mention; But today! To...

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

United in our passion, public lands bring people together

I recently watched a pack of wolves in Yellowstone National Park with perhaps several dozen other visitors. Everyone was excited to glimpse one of the park’s packs. People with scopes and te...

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

An open letter to Bennet, Hickenlooper, Hurd

You are not doing anything even remotely near enough to be effective against this power-hungry administration and President Donald Trump. You need to be reminded of the steps the fascists to...

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Defending due process: Stop unjust deportations

The League of Women Voters of Colorado strongly condemns the arrest, detention and deportation of immigrants who are not a danger to the United States and have no criminal record. Many depor...

DATE: Apr 6, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor