Editorials
Half a loaf: State will defend Masterpiece Cake suit
Colorado may be in a worse jam with the second baker case – is there a fix?
Editorials
Letters to the Editor
This is one caring (and delicious) town
What do first-time visitors wonder about Durango as they wander about town? They ask or say “It’s just a cowboy town.” But what about the cowboy poets? As visitors become…
Letters to the Editor
Homeless, immigration debates similar
The editorial on Jan. 1 (“ There are many similarities. Both groups stir up quite a debate. Supporters of either feel an obligation to help. Opponents see them as a…
Letters to the Editor
Our crisis in early child care in Durango
I am completely flabbergasted at the way this city sets its priorities. Our early childhood care is at a minimum, and there are numerous families that are struggling to balance…
Editorials
Minister of hate: Why can’t national Women’s March leaders quit him?
Persecuting Jews should have no home in America on the left or the right
Letters to the Editor
Please give to Women’s Resource Center
For those that have the basics of a warm bed, bathroom and meals – count your lucky stars. Giving back to family and friends in an emergency will always be…
Letters to the Editor
City does great with code enforcement
Although it appears to be fashionable to complain about city services, I would like to commend one (there are many others deserving) that is both valuable and incredibly cost-effective, and…
Letters to the Editor
We need help finding our father’s killer
Today marks the 10-year anniversary of the death of our father, Larry John Fuller (“ Every day it’s hard to know that he was robbed of his life. And I…
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Elizabeth Warren
First out of the gate in the Dems’ 2020 race, she brings real policy for debate
Pine River Times opinion
Be Frank Foundation thanks community
By Karl Herr What a great year for Be Frank Foundation programs! The first annual BFF Elementary Orchestra and DRUM festival was held in May, including an evening concert with…
Pine River Times opinion
Did Durango Herald editor really mean what was written in editorial?
To the Durango Herald: Your editorial of Friday, Dec. 28, is surely one of the most curious published by the Herald in recent memory. To begin with, the Trumpian tantrum…
Pine River Times opinion
Support Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act to reduce gas emissions
At a time when few good tidings are coming out of our capital, a welcome bipartisan bill emerged this holiday season. The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act has been…
Pine River Times opinion
Too bad government shutdown doesn’t include Trump’s access to Twitter
Our so-called president bragged for many months that he would shut down the government if he didn’t get his way on funding for his border wall to keep out brown…
Letters to the Editor
Plow drivers: What about our property?
Thank goodness Durango finally has snow. My question is, why are the county road plow drivers so disrespectful of our property? Today about noon (Jan. 2) a county plow came…
Letters to the Editor
Keep pushing back on city spending
With all the pressures of the citizens for careful spending of taxpayers’ money, why will the city be spending $2.16 million on Chapman Hill ski area this coming year? It…
Letters to the Editor
These parks projects are boondoggles
Barb Bell’s recent op-ed in the Herald (“ Barb mentions multimillion dollar projects being proposed that are indeed questionable. She also mentions the millions of dollars that the Parks and…
Letters to the Editor
What will our grandchildren ask us?
Recently, while on our joyous Polar Express, our chef asked each of us what we wanted Santa to bring for Christmas. A young lady seated behind me had an emphatic…
Letters to the Editor
Tri-State has dirty coal and no Plan B
La Plate Electric Association’s electricity provider, Tri-State Generation & Transmission, Coal is the most damaging fuel to our environment, climate and health. It’s also too expensive to sell, except in…
Editorials
Staggering, stupid
Two Florida men plead guilty to trophy poaching of mule deer and antelope
Letters to the Editor
We need to get rid of minimum wage
Every year for the past several years, the minimum wage in Colorado has increased because voters approved the increase, with the goal of reaching $12 per hour. Related costs –…
Letters to the Editor
Tipton needs to hear from us on climate
Diane Mitsch Bush supported finding solutions to the climate change issues we are facing in this day and age. Over half of the voters in La Plata County voted for…
Letters to the Editor
Hospitals, insurers are ripping us off
My holiday spirit U-turned when I signed up for 2019 health insurance. The monthly premiums and huge deductible felt like a one-two punch to the gut. Not only do La…
Letters to the Editor
Thinking green gets it wrong — again
In the current political landscape, the first order of business is to demonize the other side. It appears Mark Pearson is using this same playbook in his rants against Tri-State…
Letters to the Editor
President Trump is a very big, big liar
I would like to mention that President Donald Trump has stated he is proud to be American and wants to make America Great Again, whatever that means. America has always…
Letters to the Editor
Editorial on Mideast is a Trumpian insult
Your editorial of Dec. 28 (“ The Trumpian tantrum headline surely calls to mind Charles Lindbergh’s pro-Nazi isolationism just before World War II. Unless you are attempting to co-opt those…
Letters to the Editor
Don’t be swayed by the anti-tax crowd
I write this note in support of the dedicated recreation sales tax that Durango’s citizens approved in 2015. Durango has been fortunate to have had many years of gas tax…
Letters to the Editor
I want Durango to leverage the wealthy
I want to live in a community where as many residents as possible feel welcome and safe. I want it to be known as more than a place to drink…