Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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I consulted Mother Nature. She said ...

The 2018 weather patterns that produced our extreme drought must be part and parcel of a changing climate! So I consulted Mother Nature and she said, “I can give you my laws but ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A plea for common sense over, well, crap

On today’s front page of the Herald (July 30), I read where the city advised river raft companies to use an exit at the Ninth Street Bridge, just north of the current sewage spill. Horrifyin...

DATE: Aug 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Losing Bruce Bransom is devastating

I wanted to respond to your recent obituary about Bruce Bransom, a retired Durango High School math teacher who passed away a few days ago. I graduated from Durango High in 1973, ...

DATE: Aug 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Train is indispensable part of Durango’s heritage

My fiancée and I came to Colorado and New Mexico last year in large part to ride both the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres and Toltec railroads. This experience was so incredibly important an...

DATE: Aug 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Tipton needs to be part of the solution

The more than 500,000 immigrants living in Colorado provide many economic benefits to our state, including contributing more than $3.9 billion in taxes annually. Additionally, 80,000 Colorad...

DATE: Aug 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Sean Smith is great and so are letters

I strongly support the re-election of Sheriff Sean Smith in 2018. Before Sheriff Smith’s 2014 election, LaPlata County “Expected More” and we have much more. A letter to the editor on July 2...

DATE: Aug 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The greed and the mud are inescapable

After living here 40 years-plus, I have noticed how much greed has taken hold of our area, and not to mention the fires and mudslides that we have been experiencing north of town, many peopl...

DATE: Aug 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango, thanks much for trusting us

We visit Southwest Colorado for a month every winter and 10 days in the summer and always put money in the Durango parking meters. But on Friday, July 27, we pulled in to a meter on Main Ave...

DATE: Aug 1, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Thanks for help after mule, horse crash

Thank you, friends, neighbors, Upper Pine River Fire Protection District, Colorado State Patrol, La Plata County Animal Control and the Mercy emergency room for the very special help I recei...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Proud of pols who stand up to Russia

Iâ€™m proud and grateful that my congressman (Scott Tipton) and both senators (Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet) issued strong statements today condemning Russia for their hostile acts, inclu...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Remember: Train is a national treasure

Durango means lots of things to people: access to the wilderness, outdoor sports, small-town friendliness and charm. Let’s not forget one of the most important features of Durango, a regard ...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Mary Ellen Long’s art is great; go see it

Come to the Durango Arts Center and see Mother Nature personified. Mary Ellen Long is a refreshing blessing to our art community. She marries nature and a presence of humanity to create pure...

DATE: Jul 27, 2018 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor