We read with interest the recent announcement from Durango School District regarding its rebranding and efforts to “reduce confusion” about which schools fall under its oversight (Herald, July 18). While…
Cutting a billion from the budget is significant, but ending public media funding may do more harm than good in our district. As Senator Lisa Murkowski said, public stations are…
To ensure readers have accurate information, I’d like to address comments made in a recent letter to the editor, “LPEA board playing politics with subsidies” (Herald, July 16). La Plata…
A recent news report (available at sunlightreportinsurance.com) revealed that over the past decade the UnitedHealth Group had added close to 2,700 subsidiaries, acquiring physician groups, home health providers, specialty pharmacies,…
As a longtime Durango resident and LPEA member, I am increasingly troubled by a lack of transparency around our electric co-op’s financial contributions to nonprofit organizations. While many of us…
When my husband, Dr. Alan Schooley, was diagnosed with Young Onset Alzheimer’s at age 51, the Denver medical team recommended the MIND Diet, intense exercise and meditation. I worked the…
To begin, we welcome Elizabeth Philbrick to the La Plata County Board of County Commissioners, replacing Clyde Church who resigned his seat so that he could take care of his…
“Bending a knee” is old slang for submitting to a king or lord. That’s exactly what 51 senators and 216 representatives – including Rep. Jeff Hurd – did this week…
Remember when Trump called COVID a hoax and said it wasn’t his responsibility as president? How many tens of thousands of Americans died by his inactions and stupidity? Now he’s…
Someone should sic DOGE on that pork barrel with a fuse, ICE. POTUS’s “big, beautiful bill” wastes billions of taxpayers’ money funding the largest, most expensive police force in the…
I had an epiphany the other day. It was low key as epiphanies go, easily overlooked, but it illuminated an aspect of how life is lived in Durango. I’ll explain.…
As a new resident, I would like to subscribe to The Durango Herald but the paper does not support a balanced view. You may disagree, but from articles I have…
I can’t forget pictures of intestines hanging on the fence and children’s bodies on the ground with limbs at impossible angles. Netanyahu claims they aimed at Hamas. He is creating…
Recently Rep. Jeff Hurd referred to public lands mismanagement, and his desire for public lands decisions to reflect the local communities rather than having these decisions made in Washington, D.C.,…
Residents of 7th Street are right to be concerned about the city of Durango Planning Department’s plan to put “back-in” diagonal parking on their street (Herald, May 29). Anyone who…
I moved to Durango in ’76 and have subscribed to The Durango Herald when I could afford to. It was disappointing to read a letter to the editor (Herald, July…
Recent media coverage, including by The Durango Herald (Herald, July 11, July 14) and Colorado Politics, referenced the Southern Ute Tribe’s statement about my visit. While I fully respect the…
O God of many names, Care that our nation may recover the strength of compassion – compassion for all the peoples of this world May the official deliberations and actions…
A mandate? Perhaps not. Typically, a newly elected president declares they have a mandate because they won the election. But is that an appropriate assumption? Considering the last election, President…
I just watched a video of Donald Trump addressing the people from Texas about the devastation that happened when the Guadalupe River flooded, and took so many lives of children…
While it is somewhat amusing to watch all the fuss about controlling speeding traffic in town, it also absurd. This is not a difficult problem to understand or solve. The…
Not proud, wanting to be, but just not feeling it. That sums up the mood of young adults in America these days. The numbers don’t lie, the youngest two generations…
Immigrants, tribes are a part of American history, Trump’s war is an overt cultural cleansing
Immigration is what built the United States, but it has always been problematic. Almost every group of people who immigrated after the first English/Protestant settlers faced legal and extralegal obstacles…
The article on LPEA election finance was interesting (Herald, June 29). LPEA CEO Chris Hansen tells us that we deliver power to some members at a price below cost. He…
Sen. Michael Bennet has announced he’s ready to be our next state executive, and is trying to run for governor while working full time in a very busy, very difficult…
The end of last week, the Thursday through Sunday that bracketed the 4th of July, American flags lined Main Avenue between 5th and 13th streets. About 45 of them. Secured…
Your recent coverage of the LPEA election and James Coleman’s donations (Herald, June 29) leaves the misleading impression that Purgatory Resort received special treatment on electric rates. That’s not the…
