It was Wednesday (Feb. 27), the same day as garbage pick-up on my block. I heard the sounds of trucks and went out to move the dumpsters for the snow…
Recently, we have heard one narrative: First, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association is a big, greedy, and dirty power company – only concerned with profits. Next, La Plata Electric Association…
A big thanks goes out to CDOT for knocking down the snow hills that obstructed our view while attempting to enter the 60-mph Highway 140 in Hesperus and southward. We…
E.B. White has much to teach us still about dachshunds and convictions
An unfortunate behavior in dialogue about public policy has emerged in Durango. Especially troubling is that this sometimes seeps into news coverage. Increasingly, argumentation is being advanced by questioning the…
My family has resided in Durango since the 1930s. Durango has gone through many changes over the years, but none more important than what we are facing right now. I…
Letter writer Gary L. Boyd (“This isn’t warming, it’s global cooling,” Feb. 24) is correct in that the sun does power a planet’s climate system. However, its atmosphere also has…
Durango has been doing snow removal the same way for a long time and, by golly, it’s not going to try any newfangled way of doing it any time soon.…
Two recent editorials, “ It seems that the column should reflect a synthesis and opinion about current topics and issues, and reflected as intelligent thought. Corey Sue Hutchinson Durango
It’s interesting and amusing for me to read all the letters in our Durango Herald. Our most erudite residents work diligently using 13-letter words to show everyone how intelligent they…
Durango has once again proven its generosity as a community. Saturday, Feb. 16, the Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts of our community picked up 3,543 pounds of food for the…
Have you seen the Make it Count donation boxes in businesses around downtown Durango? They say, “Make it count and show that Durango cares by giving to nonprofits and not…
In the case of R&B artist R. Kelly, the alleged perp was hiding in plain sight
Our Children’s Trust is a group of climate change workers seeking to “elevate the voice of youth to secure the legal right to a stable climate and healthy atmosphere for…
The editorials in the paper have taken a wonderful turn for the better in recent weeks. I used to expect a predictable viewpoint, a liberal and politically Democratic slant to…
In response to Victor Straub (“ Your remarks regarding snowplow drivers in our happy, sweet little town are way out of line. Asking “Did some of the plow people have…
With the snow that Durango has received, everyone needs to take a deep breath and take it easy. Don’t only slow down with your driving, but with your remarks. This…
I just read of Dennis Johnson’s passing (“ One summer, late 1960s, I worked the Diamond Circle Theatre. Dennis would do”Toot-Toot-Tootsie, Good-bye, or ”The Cremation of Sam McGee, every night…
What causes Earth’s weather? It is not the ocean currents and not CO2 – it is the sun. Don’t take my word for it, though. Google “geologic climate change” and…
As our new legislative cycle and year begins, I hope our state lawmakers make expanding access to driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants their top priority. This would benefit all Coloradoans…
Is Socialism the Answer? “The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of Socialism is the equal sharing of miseries,” Winston Churchill said. America…
In response to Peter Neds’ letter, “ Democrats are certainly not the enemy of the republic and it’s too bad Neds takes such a hateful approach to bring it up…
The proposed Animas River Trail north extension is the wrong trail in the wrong place at the wrong cost at the wrong time. This trail is poorly designed and expensive.…
I want to alert people that the city’s neighborhood meeting for comments regarding the elimination of lots size requirements for accessory dwelling units in neighborhoods EN1, 2 and 3 has…
New biography fleshes out the mercurial and irreplaceable Winston Churchill
In 2017, a group of middle -schoolers in Michigan created National Skip the Straw Day to fight plastic pollution. National Skip the Straw Day falls on Friday, Feb. 22 this…
