Editorials
Letters to the Editor
Bureau building consensus around lake
Currently, we are working with all Animas-La Plata Project partners and stakeholders to reach consensus regarding development and management of recreation at Lake Nighthorse. We believe that we are nearing…
Letters to the Editor
Keep Udall as Colorado’s senator
Udall encourages homeowners living in the wildland-urban interface to follow mitigation guidelines because drought, unhealthy forests and climate change enhance the possibility of wildland fires to turn into catastrophic mega-fires.…
Letters to the Editor
Durango is a renowned western town
Events such as the Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Fiesta Days, the La Plata County Fair, Durango Heritage Celebration, the Animas Museum, Durango Farmers Market, La Plata County 4-H program and…
Letters to the Editor
Council is enacting people’s will
Tucker’s conservative slant is immediately apparent by his judgement of the “progressive views of the Herald’s editors and Durango voters in general” as being somehow wrong. OK, so he’s a…
Letters to the Editor
County code strict on loose dogs
It requires a leash less than 8 feet in length or the ability to call a dog to within 4 feet of your body. Voice control means your dog will…
Letters to the Editor
Unnecessary idling wastes fuel and money
After a bit of research – according to a report by Argonne National Laboratories – if each car in the United States idles just 6 minutes per day, about 3…
Letters to the Editor
Get ready and vote in 2014 primary election
If you are affiliated with the American Constitution, Democratic or Republican Party and your registration is current, a mail ballot will be sent to you the week of June 2.…
Editorials
Barbara McLachlan
She taught English, and no doubt well. She is best known, however, for her role as faculty advisor to El Diablo, the Durango High School student newspaper. It is in…
Opinion
Primary ballots coming in mail next week
It’s Election Season again! The Colorado Primary Election is on June 24, 2014. If you are affiliated with the American Constitution, Democratic, or Republican Party and your registration is current,…
Opinion
Fire auxiliary thanks casino, tribe
We genuinely appreciate being selected, and the generous donation goes a long way to helping us support our firefighters and EMTs. Terry Beebe, president Upper Pine River Fire Auxiliary
Opinion
Meeting set on Lake Nighthorse recreation
Currently, we are working with all Animas-La Plata Project partners and stakeholders to reach consensus regarding development and management of recreation at Lake Nighthorse. We believe we are nearing an agreement…
Opinion
FCC TV channel auction threatens free TV
They will receive no payment whatever and many such stations will go off the air as a result. Because many small TV stations are nonprofit and all operate on shoestring…
Letters to the Editor
Ball was meant to counter modern atrocity
Our Civil War Ball is intended to be a fun, family event to enjoy the grace and beauty of mid-19th-century dancing. It has nothing to do with slavery. It is…
Editorials
Carbon dioxide
New limits on greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants take a broad approach
Letters to the Editor
Durango’s dog laws do not show love
First, I suggest that a “dog at large” be defined as a dog roaming freely with no owner present. Certainly in heavily used areas such as downtown Durango and on…
Editorials
School lunches
First lady is right to weigh in on behalf of law requiring good nutrition for students
Letters to the Editor
Political cartoon was in shocking bad taste
To compare V-J Day (Victory over Japan) with the V-B Day (Victory over bigotry) is like comparing Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with chopsticks; the Mona Lisa with a kindergarten painting; War…
Letters to the Editor
New software raises questions for 9-R
How does the development of the School Vault currently affect our children’s education as teachers take precious time to test drive this developing technology? Why was $889,000 of a reduced…
Letters to the Editor
Change and adapt, or collapse
We’re not talking just about climate change, we’re talking about the rapidity of the change and/or lack of response to the change. This is not a liberal conspiracy; it’s scientific…
Letters to the Editor
Don’t make residents pay to dump batteries
In asking the public to pay 50 cents per pound to dispose of batteries, the city is encouraging people to throw their batteries in the trash – jeopardizing lands that…
Letters to the Editor
Council cannot stand up to public opinion
More people voiced their opposition to the marijuana sales than supported it, with most of the opposition expressing support to eliminate those sales altogether, not just in the downtown business…
Letters to the Editor
Keep Durango a Colorado town with horses
So many people visit our town and enjoy the experience so much they choose to move here. Then they choose to try and change the town. If it was so…