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G.U.N.s don’t kill people … do they?

Charlie Kirk was murdered and many people including our president have vigorously blamed the ideas and beliefs (the ideology) of liberals. This, they say, radicalized the shooter. Hence, the...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

A call to protect lives, press freedom

I salute The Durango Herald on its recent editorial, “Our view: silencing Gaza’s journalists silences the world,” (Herald, Aug. 31). The Herald is right to speak up for the importance of pro...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

When will student achievement become the priority?

The release of the 2025 CMAS scores should make every parent in our community stop and think. While officials are quick to celebrate modest gains since the pandemic, they seem to ignore an i...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Free speech doesn’t shield us from consequences

It is appropriate to have career consequences for those celebrating the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Those with a moral compass speak loudly and persistently to demand the resignation or f...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Honoring the best of what we can be

Our hearts are heavy in the wake of recent tragedies. What has been most painful is not only the loss itself, but also the rhetoric that has followed. Too often, compassion has been replaced...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Vote ‘no’ on the sales tax hike

This November, La Plata County voters will be asked to approve a new 1-cent sales tax. Supporters say it’s the only way to keep roads and services funded. But a closer look at the county’s b...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Have we no shame, no compassion?

I cannot believe I am living in America, my beloved country of 81 years. I am appalled at the creation of ICE, an organization of masked men, carrying no license or identification, “disappea...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Charlie Kirk, a Christian nationalist martyr

The death of Charlie Kirk was tragic, especially because he was in the act of the exchange of ideas with student at a college. But now he’s a Christian nationalist martyr and Trump – followi...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

An idea to support Hesperus Ski Area

Four years ago, we moved into our Hesperus home located where we can see the upper lift tower for Hesperus Ski. I quickly learned that it was the communities go-to place. We no longer ski, b...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A scar that never heals

The number of gun violence incidences that take place, in this day and age, is an atrocity. The fact is that there are too many people who should not have access to guns, but are able to “le...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A scowl nor unshaven face equal strength

D’j’ever notice how people who really want to be seen as something they aren’t overplay the role? Look at Pete Hegseth. In every picture, on every tape, there he is, looking like he could ju...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Taxes are shocking, vote ‘yes’ on 1A

When we moved to Durango from Iowa in 1999, we were shocked at the low property tax bill. Our tax was cut by 75%, for a much more expensive home. However, we have learned over the years that...

DATE: Sep 28, 2025 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Durango High School basketball teams lose to Montrose High School

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday