The answer for Florida Road traffic is to extend 17th Street across the river, and utilize the existing light at 17th Street and Main Avenue. Seventeenth Street is already elevated…
It’s made me sick to watch these D.C. politicians talk and talk for years now about how they’re fighting President Joe Biden, but never take any real action. Just phony…
Having been out of town for the last couple of months, I was horrified to see the logging operation at the entrance to Lebanon Road in Cortez. I am informed…
This editorial is about a very American thing – the modest yard sign. The simple act of making or purchasing a sign to share political views or demand some kind…
Great article on Wednesday with the headline “Nonprofit initiates shift from political extremism,” about the group called Restore the Balance. The Durango Herald could move toward more moderate and balanced…
Robertscca Over several decades, Americans have witnessed a growth in political extremism and naked partisanship. Those are often accompanied by assertions to the effect that all government is inept and…
Durango City Council member Olivier Bosmans has argued that he did not violate the city’s code of ethics when he attended a Library Advisory Board meeting to speak as a…
In the comedy series “Reservation Dogs” about four Native American teens growing up on a reservation in eastern Oklahoma, one scene parodies land acknowledgments. A visiting doctoral student offers a…
Rick Knightcca Driving back to Colorado State University with a van full of students after a day of working to heal some beat-up land north of Fort Collins, I wondered:…
Thank you for the excellent article on historic graves in the Animas City Cemetery. Ruth Lambert and Mona Charles have done important work documenting the history of the cemetery, the…
To the letter writer who was exposed without consent to Roundup weedkiller. Well, here’s one for you. Remember in the late 1970s and the war against drugs, specifically against the…
Recent coverage of the Midtown Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety and Connectivity planning failed to note the broad public support for these improvements. Instead, The Durango Herald amplified a perceived conflict…
Trish Zorniodu1-i-syn Gov. Jared Polis might have gotten his start in the digital flower business, but he just as easily could have been a used car salesman. Like so many…
Section wasn’t productive space for engagement
On Friday, Colorado Competitive Council Executive Director Rachel Beck was quoted as saying to the Durango Chamber of Commerce that “extreme politics are harming small business through bills driven by…
On June 15, we exhaled relief when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act by a 7-2 vote in a case addressing sovereignty in…
Brandon Pressercca There’s an underwater mini-volcano of sorts – a conical vent that spurts steaming hot water – at the bottom of a waterway in northern Iceland. I had heard…
I’m writing in response to the biased and misleading Writers on the Range guest column by Dana Johnson, regarding wilderness climbing. Firstly, she completely mischaracterizes the Protecting America’s Rock Climbing…
I have always felt at home in Durango. When we first moved here in 1994, I was pleasantly surprised that everyone I passed on the street smiled and waved to…
The article on Page 1 of The Durango Herald and online in The Journal on Friday is great, but something is missing in the photo. The image accompanying “Program aims…
Families or women who have dealt with emergency situations while pregnant understand on a visceral level the fear that came with Southwest Health System’s recent announcement to close – however…
Molly AbsalonTina Ravitz When I led groups into the Wyoming wilderness in the 1990s, once we left a trailhead, we were on our own. If somebody got hurt, we could…
My dogs and I like to hike on the paved trail in the Three Springs area. When we arrived on Tuesday for our daily hike, I noticed a worker applying…
Alyssa Rosenbergdu1-i-syn “What did the buffalo say to his son when he dropped him off at school?” “Bison.” That’s one of the gags in the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse archive…
