Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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We must act now to limit climate change

The story headlined “Carbon concentration in atmosphere hits grim milestone” was sobering (Herald, June 13). Scientists say we have passed a key turning point and will not, in our lifetimes,...

DATE: Jul 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Move forward on EPA’s Clean Power Plan

As the Southwest suffers a historic heat wave – and the extreme electricity demand that comes with it, communities across the country are calling for action on climate so these events don’t ...

DATE: Jul 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Islam fosters greater discrimination

For some reason many on the left are furious about Britain (still the United Kingdom but probably not for long) voting to leave the European Union, and a lot of people are charging racism an...

DATE: Jul 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Make the polluters pay, not the taxpayers

I was on a late spring ski tour in the San Juan Mountains, passing by old abandoned mine sites, often stopping in awe, imagining the will-power required to haul equipment up into these alpin...

DATE: Jul 3, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Plan instead for regional airport service

My mother used to say that I needed some item of whimsy like I needed a hole in the head. Durango and La Plata County need a new airport terminal just about as bad. I have heard ...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Elect McLachlan to support our schools

Several months ago, I opened the paper and was delighted to see that Barbara McLachlan had announced that she was running for the Colorado House. The 59th district would be hard pressed to f...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Consider what could go wrong with guns

If gun ownership is important to you, the thing I would like you to know about this “bleeding heart liberal” is that my feelings about guns are not driven by me being hell bent on taking awa...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Gun control will not impede terrorists

The choice of editorial cartons promoting gun control in the Herald is proof positive that progressives would rather use the Orlando tragedy to push a gun-control measure than address the re...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Talking gun deaths, use actual numbers

John Everest of Farmington (Letters, Herald, June 22) made the absurd claim that “since the 1966 Texas tower shooting, there have been about 700 victims from 129 shooters.” How is it possibl...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Nordenskiöld presentation wonderful

I want to thank Judith Reynolds, the able cartoonist and staff writer for the Herald, for her wonderful presentation at the Summer Program at Center for Southwest Studies in the afternoon of...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

LPEA should sign waiver with Tri-State

I read several letters to the editor from folks asking La Plata Electric Association not to sign a “waiver” from Tri-State, our member-owned and controlled not-for-profit power supplier. The...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Conservation Corps pleased with Bennet

Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado applauded the recent announcement by the U.S. Forest Service and partners that they will invest more than $11 million to support work and traini...

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Durango Fire Protection District opens Station 2

Photos: Hundreds gather to honor fallen Bloomfield Police officer Timothy OntiverosA solemn procession stretched for blocks Monday morning along West Apache Street in Farmington – a display of unity, grief and honor for Bloomfield Police Officer Timothy Ontiveros, 32.About 7 a.m., a large contingent of law enforcement, motorcyclists, friends and grieving family prepared to embark on the motorcade to the 9 a.m. service at the Bloomfield High School football stadium to celebrate the life of the officer.