Editorials
Letters to the Editor
Make 9-R building into housing for teachers
I am a 14 year resident of Durango. I care a great deal about the quality of our schools. Recently, there was an article in The Durango Herald regarding a…
Letters to the Editor
U.S. should not have official religion
In the Oct. 29, 2021, letters to the editor, J. Paul Brown chastised the Herald for “vilifying” “Christians” and lauded himself for supporting “Christians” running for office. In other letters…
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Our View: Abortion and the court
Curtailing women’s rights would be divisive, dangerous and unfair
Letters to the Editor
Expand ‘wakeless’ hours at Lake Nighthorse
Thank you, Jim Cross, for your editorial about Lake Nighthorse (Herald, Nov. 19). You were very kind in your wording. However, let’s get honest about some of those boaters. Yes,…
Letters to the Editor
Macanudo comic strip was offensive
The so-called comic strip Macanudo has always been, to me, either weak or just plain stupid. However, the one that appeared last Friday (Herald, Nov. 16) insulting Christians was offensive.…
Letters to the Editor
An open letter to Rep. Lauren Boebert
Congresswoman, you are an embarrassment. Insulting your colleagues in Congress just further poisons the political atmosphere and makes it harder to do anything positive for the 3rd District of Colorado.…
Letters to the Editor
Durango needs pickleball courts
Could this happen? “Pickleball tournament brings $100K to Durango community and local businesses.” Pickleball is a new game. There has never been a sport like it. You can be 6…
Letters to the Editor
How good is city’s recycling, really?
Congratulations Durango. The city should be proud of the efforts put forth by the community about its inability to finish the food on its plates, drive it across town for…
Letters to the Editor
A challenge for The Durango Herald
Newspapers like The Durango Herald play a vital role in keeping the public informed and offering a forum for a wide range of opinion. Their task has been been made…
Letters to the Editor
Musical adventure at the Community Concert Hall
Friday night at the Met; I mean the Community Concert Hall, it sure seemed like it was the Met. Friday night the Southwest Civic Winds and conductor Rhonda Muckerman took…
Letters to the Editor
Thank you teachers, health care workers
As we all gather safely this holiday season, I am especially grateful for the health care workers and teachers who continue to do everything in their power to keep us…
Letters to the Editor
Public forum needed on 9-R building sale
Durango Fire Protection District (none of whose board members live within the city limits) is buying the Durango School District 9-R Administration Building for an Emergency Services Center. Durango City…
Letters to the Editor
Lake Nighthorse should be shared by all users
In the “Lake Nighthorse” editorial (Herald, Nov. 19), interesting how Jim Cross has appointed himself our collective spokesman. He continues to use his platform to push his personal agenda. Let’s…
Letters to the Editor
There is a campaign to sexualize minors
The Nov. 12 editorial titled “Book burning” mischaracterizes the issues involved in complaints raised by parents at school board meetings throughout the nation. Much of the controversy arises from the…
Editorials
Our View: A Thanksgiving invocation
Daily words of gratitude for the gifts of family, friends, food
Guest Columns
Congress should follow Colorado’s example, protect immigrants
With the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act finally signed into law and the Build Back Better Act passed in the U.S. House, Congress must continue working for the American people…
Letters to the Editor
‘Communist rules’ discredited for decades
I just read the “Communist rules …” letter to the editor by Phyllis Ludwig in the Nov. 20-21 Herald. A quick internet search shows that the alleged 1919 “document” referred…
Letters to the Editor
Take time to give this holiday season
Our country’s National Day of Giving is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 30. Have spare time or discretionary income? Why not choose to get involved by joining, volunteering or donating…
Letters to the Editor
Higher teacher salaries in 9-R may help
How can we say Durango School District 9-R is doing a good job (editorial Nov. 17) when roughly 60% of parents think it is failing in its primary task –…
Letters to the Editor
Keep up the coverage of Mercy
Thanks to the Herald editors for the amount of quality coverage being given to staff retention at Mercy Hospital. As a healthy 73-year-old and future customer, I want Mercy’s chronic…
Letters to the Editor
We need to upgrade public transportation
The traffic in Durango is an issue for our city. Recently, a study done by Environment Colorado identified 62 elevated ozone days last year in Durango, according to its “Trouble…
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Put a moratorium on new home construction
For all of this drought awareness in the editorial (Herald, Nov. 13), could someone please explain why, with a drought extending far into the future, does the city continue to…
Opinion
Let’s recognize true Republican heroes
It is about time we recognized the true heroes of the Republican Party. They are not the dopey louts who rampaged through our nation’s Capitol and the moral cowards who…
Letters to the Editor
Communist ‘rules’ look familiar today
Does this sound familiar to you, the public? In May 1919, at Dusseldorf, Germany, Allied forces captured a very significant document: “Communist Rules for Revolution.” As you read these “rules”…
Guest Columns
Political balance, unaffiliated members key to redistricting commission’s success
As a lifelong unaffiliated voter, the chance to participate in an inherently political process on an equal footing with affiliated voters was very appealing. Schelldu1-i-syn I was thrilled to be…
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Volunteers made book sale a success
An old-fashioned Durango “shout-out” goes to the many volunteer “Friends of the Library” who spearheaded November’s FOL book sale at the Durango Public Library. From Thursday’s setup to Friday and…
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Our View: BLM headquarters
Move back to Washington will preserve agency’s prominence, influence