January is Human Trafficking Awareness Month. This multi-billion-dollar industry proliferates largely because of ignorance and policies that allow it to flourish. There are many misperceptions about what constitutes human trafficking.…
One couldn’t help noticing the two-page ad placed in Jan. 22’s Herald by the usual anti-abortion suspects, with pictures of darling live babies presuming to represent the aborted unborn. While…
I’m a 52-year-old pediatrician diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease in November 2020. That is not my story, but it is now my life. This is what happens when Alzheimer’s tries…
Having been around Durango for nine years now, there has been one constant; the location, resources needed, and effects of the homeless population on Durango. One probably cannot count the…
The Durango School District 9-R school board and Superintendent Karen Cheser have admitted many times in open board meetings that they do not have the capacity this year to consider…
In a trenchant op-ed that appeared in the Jan. 17 online Washington Post, retired general, Rhodes scholar and former NATO commander Wesley Clark sets forth sane and sensible steps the…
What a cerebral smorgasbord recent editions of The Durango Herald have been. Something for everyone. First of all, thank you Dr. Hallin for speaking truth to power and being the…
We appreciate the intelligent letter from David Black (Herald, Jan. 21). The “Big Lie” from the Big Loser, Trump, needs to dissolve from our collective consciousness. The new universe of…
We support the campaign to remove the “Chief.” In the U.S., deep-seated beliefs stem from centuries of Western history. The full scope of this story includes conquering and colonizing people…
The fire department’s plan to use the old high school and arts and science building is a “no brainer” a recent letter writer to the Herald expressed. I’d like to…
On Jan. 15, I read the article “Visit Durango adds 6 new board members,” and I cringed. I know that tourism helps many of our local businesses, but when is…
Mike Sigman and Dennis Pierce have weighed in from the wings on Jan. 6, so, a reality weight to counter Styrofoam dumbbells. One sandwiches white-bread tropes between weak condemnations of…
To paraphrase a former U.S. ambassador, “You are entitled to your own opinion, but not to your own facts.” The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us that many of the so-called…
Colorado has among the highest health care costs in the country. According to a recent analysis by the Colorado School of Public Health, those costs would be reduced significantly by…
Congratulations to all who have had the vaccination and booster, and sad that I have heard that people who have died from not getting the shot are helping Social Security…
A chance to “provide the best academic success and proficiency outcome to our schools, students and staff” (Durango School District 9-R board resolution on diversity, equity and inclusion, adopted January…
A terrorist last week seized hostages at a synagogue in Colleyville, Texas. Religiously motivated hate crimes are on the rise, with assaults on Jews exceeding those on Muslims or other…
Am I the only one delighted in seeing Mike Sigman eat his words? Yes indeed, sedition is a charge now levied against one Stuart Rhodes, a graduate of Yale Law,…
Ascent Classical Academy is asking the school board to review its application outside the normal state-dictated window for charter applications in August, and also asking to be chartered through CSI,…
Thank you, Dr. Hallin, for giving us the facts about the impact COVID-19 is having on the staff at Mercy Hospital and our community (Herald, Jan. 15). I hope this…
Wow, there are already over 450 Expressions of Interest for the new Ascent Classical Academy charter school that parents want to open in 9-R! These parents want a back-to-basics, traditional…
The Colorado Department of Transportation has a very serious flaw on one of its new “traffic calming islands” on Camino del Rio. I drive a full-size pickup, nothing special. Driving…
A newspaper and hospital are cornerstones in any community. I’m outraged to learn that one isn’t speaking to the other – in the midst of a crippling pandemic, no less.…
After reading the Herald’s panting, emotional editorial (Jan. 5) about the “insurrection” last Jan. 6, I felt like I had to offer an invitation for the Herald staff to hold…
As more and more folks pour into Durango, the more congested our streets get, and the more ugly it seems so many of these folks from big cities get. Case…
Kudos to the Herald for printing letters representing both sides of the vaccine story and opinions that may be uncomfortable to hear but necessary to understand. It is our responsibility…
First, I want to express deep thanks to the Herald for printing Mr. Podlesnik’s letter (Dec. 31). He, as well as many others, holds different opinions than the majority, but…
On Jan. 9, in The Sunday New York Times Magazine, there was an article about how brave officers from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol invasion are now coping mentally and…
We all sat and watched as two Colorado towns burned to the ground because of downed electrical lines. As we watch the ongoing, multimillion dollar construction of U.S. Highway 550…
Donald J. Trump and, more importantly, Trumpism must be excised from the fabric of America if the country is to survive as an exemplar of democracy. Trump did not create…
