Thank you, Gov. Polis, for making one of your first actions as governor to address clean air and climate change in Colorado. Supporting the transition to electric vehicles will save…
Whenever we try to play God, we inevitably get it wrong. Examples abound including fire suppression that is resulting in catastrophic fires, trans-basin diversions that de-water streams and the extermination…
Last November, voters clearly told City Council that we were not interested in a tax increase unless it was specific and left no wiggle room for city staff to bait…
Has the time come to consider reactors as a substitute for burning all this coal?
Have you heard about Colorado Senate Bill 42? First let me give you the definition of moron. 1. A very stupid person: they were acting like a bunch of morons.…
Over the past couple of months, the Opinion page has been publishing the rants, rages and attacks by a particular Bayfield resident. This gentleman seems to believe that broad-based negative…
The Herald editorial of Jan. 30 (“ By most accounts, the Electoral College was a political compromise crafted to reject direct democracy and one-person, one-vote. The original design was envisioned…
Why does it take so many months (since June) for the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad to be found to have been the cause of the 416 Fire in…
Somewhere there’s a better world – it might not be on social media
HB19-1032, the Youth Wellness Act, is what Colorado students need. It would update and expand Colorado’s current sex education laws to include LGBTQ youth, clarify that sex education must not…
Why did Rep. Scott Tipton vote to shut down the government again when he knows the crushing effect on his district? My recollection is he cost the Durango area several…
Some of the Super Bowl ads made us feel lucky to be just where we are
Thanks, Sue Loweree, for your letter (“Pssst: Free advice, Mister President,” Dec. 24) urging President Trump to pull the troops out of Syria. I would urge all readers to call…
An apartment for rent brought a polite person who caused no problems, was quiet and paid his rent on time. I am a grandmotherly type who, when he asked me…
In case you don’t know, If you have a light turned on that causes a turtle hatchling to die, you can be charged with causing a death. But of course,…
Socialists claim the U.S. should be more like Norway and Sweden. Oh really?
Hey, news flash! When a person brakes on a highway while traveling allotted speeds, there is usually a good reason. Maybe there are deer on the road. Maybe the vehicles…
A recent transplant, Diane Goodchild, proposed that second homeowners in the area should have a higher tax rate than full-time residents (“ I wonder if she stopped to consider that…
Good infrastructure – roads, sidewalks, facilities – is an essential foundation of any great community. And every city has a responsibility to its community members to be transparent, accountable, strategic…
In your most commendable editorial of Jan. 28 concerning Sen. Bennet (“ Linguists have long known that the best indication of an author attributing inner life to a character is…
As larger suppliers buy up our local propane services, the price goes up. On Jan. 29, I was quoted $2.734 per gallon from “big fish” propane who bought up my…
I read the story about the New Mexico Hill Stompers marching band with interest. I was Snowdown’s webmaster from 1996 through 2005 and I recall getting an email from the…
I read the article, “ As a board member of Consumers for Quality Care, a coalition dedicated to patients and their right to affordable, high-quality health care, I champion any…
I just read a letter to the editor from Gerry Fleming (“ This was not a rational letter. It was a hate piece, bashing our president, spewing lies and not…
It could be a one-year fluke, but for now, butterflies have returned to Mexico
So long, and thanks for all the fish! I always thought I would steal this line from Douglas Adams when I was writing my retirement column. It’s the title of…
In the year 2014 of Our Lord, the Ballantine family, longtime owners and publishers of The Durango Herald, purchased the Pine River Times from its last local owners-publishers, Melanie Brubaker…
Hi Mom, I’m really proud that you owned the paper. I like to write, and I probably wouldn’t if you hadn’t owned it. Sloan Mazur Steamboat Springs
