This is in reference to the article concerning Durango’s “rush hour” (Herald, April 21) and the letter from Ed Lehner on that subject (Herald, May 5). There seems to be…
Our current health care system is out of control. In La Plata County, many farmers, small-business owners and individuals spend $25,000 to $45,000 per year in health insurance premiums and…
Growing up in the Four Corners, I dug my hands deep into those coal beds at Peabody Coal Mine and hauled truckloads of coal to my grandmother’s home. The coal…
I am a veteran and a voter. The Durango Herald recently reported on a local businessman Edin Ramos being deported to Honduras (Herald, May 9). His crime was coming to…
Regarding Edward Packard’s letter ( I am neither a gun owner nor an NRA member. SCOTUS has ruled to protect the Second Amendment from states and to guaranteeing an individual’s…
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald – Denver Police Department School Resource Officer Leonard Martinez listens to Kathy Morris, Regional Safe School Coordinator at San Juan BOCES, during a Parent Safety training meeting…
Israel! A modern-day miracle! Nineteen hundred years ago in AD 70, the Roman emperor Nero completely destroyed the city of Jerusalem. The Jewish people were dispersed into every nation. Against…
The Energy Council takes issue with April 24 Herald story, “La Plata County receives an ‘F’ for ozone levels.” The story implies that the reason for unhealthy ozone days is…
There are no words that can explain the disregard the Herald has for their community. When a death occurs, especially that of a child, it is not a front page…
I was saddened to read that Dolores schools superintendent Scott Cooper is heading to greener pastures (Journal, May 2). I hope that this move is in his best interest, rather…
On Sunday, Bayfield High School will graduate its senior class, and Ignacio High School’s graduation will follow on May 26. In my 25 years of working in community journalism, often…
Frustrated with the current U.S. Congress? Worried about rising healthcare costs, long term U.S. debt, climate change impacts here in SW Colorado? Us too. Three Democratic candidates will be on…
I attended the LPEA annual meeting on May 12. I was dismayed that LPEA board president Davin Montoya used his position as meeting moderator to criticize “subsidies” for members who…
Online registration is open through June 25 for the Artists’ Alpine Holiday 58th Annual Juried Art Exhibit. Categories include; oil/acrylic, watercolor, drawing & printmaking, pastel, mixed media, sculpture, photography and…
I was surprised that the Herald gave Mike Sigman front and center on the opinion page ( As readers of the Herald well know, Mike is one of a handful…
In the early 1990s, oil and gas drilling was exploding across La Plata County with new wells popping up everywhere. I was part of a citizens group trying desperately to…
Here’s my guilty little secret: I did not know that the Equal Rights Amendment has not been ratified. I am not alone because apparently the vast majority of the population…
du1-i-syn Account holders voted firmly to retain the most experienced La Plata Electric Association board member from La Plata County, and voted convincingly to retain a second incumbent in last…
So, here we are on another election cycle forced to watch ads for people we cannot vote for. Meantime, the “demise” of the Denver Post has added to the problem…
Mike Sigman ( Where was the press when Jack the Zipper Kennedy was playing footsie with movie stars, having his body guards sneak hookers into the side door of the…
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald<br><br>05-3-2018- Durango- Teal Lehto, left, Laura Palmer, center, and Berrey Becton, run through Corner Pocket in the Durango Whitewater Park.du1-i-syn One year ago this week, we published an…
Welcome to the MAGA ball. Clog along with me to the rhythms of ineptitude and venality by the Swamp Drainers, the most newsworthy band of headliners America’s ever seen. Vocals…
Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald<br><br>Rose Chilcoat, Conservation Advocate with Great Old Broads For Wilderness at her Durango home.du1-i-syn Environmental activist Rose Chilcoat and her husband, Mark Franklin, go to court this month…
The following quote is attributed to the Greek playwright, Aristophanes: “Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but stupid lasts forever.” We all have pockets…
