I read, with a certain amount of anger and disgust, about what the Durango & Silverton has been going through with their neighbors threatening to do whatever they can to…
Courtesy of Dan Nicholl and DHM Design<br><br>An underpass could connect the north end of Main Avenue to the Animas River Trail near 12th Street and improve safety for pedestrians.du1-i-syn It…
Wow, it’s hazy outside. Must be all the fires. The junipers are turning brown and gray, and check out beetle kill on the way to Silverton. Every year seems to…
Multiple letters have been written about the train and the 416 Fire. The letters and attitudes show that this community is divided on the issue. Some have been more affected…
Courtesy Colorado Parks and Wildlife Colorado Parks and Wildlife salutes all active-duty military and veterans by offering free entrance to all 41 Colorado state parks during August. Free access for…
Republican U.S. Representatives Carlos Curbelo of Florida and Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania just introduced an innovative carbon pricing bill – The Market Act Choice. This represents a huge step forward…
Climate change events are more frequent, our responses must be too! We see many articles lately like “Heat, fires getting worse,” “118 heat records tied or broken,” worldwide. Many of…
I’ve been disappointed to read the one-sided coverage from our local media outlets about the so-called “Green Train.” Take a closer look at the numbers and you can see that…
In Walmart, I have come across examples of unruly kids and young “adults.” Why do they have to run to the toy section and start playing with stuff or getting…
I am writing to express my support for independent candidate Paul Jones for Colorado House District 59. Paul has successfully petitioned onto the ballot as an unaffiliated candidate, which means…
Republicans failed to get their act together to find a legislative solution for Dreamers. Immigration reform is dead for now, leaving Dreamers in limbo, waiting for a fix before the…
The root of the word “conservative” is the Latin conservare, meaning “to preserve” or “to keep safe.” Conservatives once believed in preserving public lands and resources to benefit future generations.…
While reading a Herald article concerning a “statistically valid survey” (July 25), I found myself amused by the notion of validity since it only concerns the population of voters in…
Pedestrians walk past a cordoned off area surrounding the vandalized star for Donald Trump on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)du1-i-syn Recently, a young man…
I have been musing about the differences between our last natural disaster (Gold King) and our latest one – the 416 Fire. Gold King discharged one slug of water that…
The 2018 weather patterns that produced our extreme drought must be part and parcel of a changing climate! So I consulted Mother Nature and she said, “I can give you…
On today’s front page of the Herald (July 30), I read where the city advised river raft companies to use an exit at the Ninth Street Bridge, just north of…
I wanted to respond to your recent obituary about Bruce Bransom, a retired Durango High School math teacher who passed away a few days ago. I graduated from Durango High…
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>04/02/2015- Durango- Ballot drop off box at the Durango City Clerks office.du1-i-syn Something important has been going on this summer at the Durango Farmers Market on Saturday mornings,…
My fiancée and I came to Colorado and New Mexico last year in large part to ride both the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres and Toltec railroads. This experience was…
The more than 500,000 immigrants living in Colorado provide many economic benefits to our state, including contributing more than $3.9 billion in taxes annually. Additionally, 80,000 Coloradoans are employed by…
du1-i-syn Today marks 142 years of Colorado statehood, and looking back over those years, and the decades that preceded Aug. 1, 1876, it is impossible to ignore the dependence of…
I strongly support the re-election of Sheriff Sean Smith in 2018. Before Sheriff Smith’s 2014 election, LaPlata County “Expected More” and we have much more. A letter to the editor…
After living here 40 years-plus, I have noticed how much greed has taken hold of our area, and not to mention the fires and mudslides that we have been experiencing…
We visit Southwest Colorado for a month every winter and 10 days in the summer and always put money in the Durango parking meters. But on Friday, July 27, we…
