The recent headline in the Herald, “Good Samaritan critically injured in chain-reaction crash west of Durango,” immediately caught my attention. I was saddened and moved by the story of Lori…
I am a 14 year resident of Durango. I care a great deal about the quality of our schools. Recently, there was an article in The Durango Herald regarding a…
In the Oct. 29, 2021, letters to the editor, J. Paul Brown chastised the Herald for “vilifying” “Christians” and lauded himself for supporting “Christians” running for office. In other letters…
Thank you, Jim Cross, for your editorial about Lake Nighthorse (Herald, Nov. 19). You were very kind in your wording. However, let’s get honest about some of those boaters. Yes,…
The so-called comic strip Macanudo has always been, to me, either weak or just plain stupid. However, the one that appeared last Friday (Herald, Nov. 16) insulting Christians was offensive.…
Congresswoman, you are an embarrassment. Insulting your colleagues in Congress just further poisons the political atmosphere and makes it harder to do anything positive for the 3rd District of Colorado.…
Could this happen? “Pickleball tournament brings $100K to Durango community and local businesses.” Pickleball is a new game. There has never been a sport like it. You can be 6…
Congratulations Durango. The city should be proud of the efforts put forth by the community about its inability to finish the food on its plates, drive it across town for…
Newspapers like The Durango Herald play a vital role in keeping the public informed and offering a forum for a wide range of opinion. Their task has been been made…
Friday night at the Met; I mean the Community Concert Hall, it sure seemed like it was the Met. Friday night the Southwest Civic Winds and conductor Rhonda Muckerman took…
As we all gather safely this holiday season, I am especially grateful for the health care workers and teachers who continue to do everything in their power to keep us…
Durango Fire Protection District (none of whose board members live within the city limits) is buying the Durango School District 9-R Administration Building for an Emergency Services Center. Durango City…
In the “Lake Nighthorse” editorial (Herald, Nov. 19), interesting how Jim Cross has appointed himself our collective spokesman. He continues to use his platform to push his personal agenda. Let’s…
The Nov. 12 editorial titled “Book burning” mischaracterizes the issues involved in complaints raised by parents at school board meetings throughout the nation. Much of the controversy arises from the…
I just read the “Communist rules …” letter to the editor by Phyllis Ludwig in the Nov. 20-21 Herald. A quick internet search shows that the alleged 1919 “document” referred…
Our country’s National Day of Giving is the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 30. Have spare time or discretionary income? Why not choose to get involved by joining, volunteering or donating…
How can we say Durango School District 9-R is doing a good job (editorial Nov. 17) when roughly 60% of parents think it is failing in its primary task –…
Thanks to the Herald editors for the amount of quality coverage being given to staff retention at Mercy Hospital. As a healthy 73-year-old and future customer, I want Mercy’s chronic…
The traffic in Durango is an issue for our city. Recently, a study done by Environment Colorado identified 62 elevated ozone days last year in Durango, according to its “Trouble…
For all of this drought awareness in the editorial (Herald, Nov. 13), could someone please explain why, with a drought extending far into the future, does the city continue to…
Does this sound familiar to you, the public? In May 1919, at Dusseldorf, Germany, Allied forces captured a very significant document: “Communist Rules for Revolution.” As you read these “rules”…
An old-fashioned Durango “shout-out” goes to the many volunteer “Friends of the Library” who spearheaded November’s FOL book sale at the Durango Public Library. From Thursday’s setup to Friday and…
Keep the Durango welcome sign as is! (Action Line, Nov. 13, “Durango welcome mat needs some shaking.”) Its shabby condition serves as an advisory for the itinerant hoi polloi, most…
First of all, I want to thank Judith Reynolds for her article regarding my work with the Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) in The Durango Herald on…
I wish to thank and complement Greg Phillips (letters, Oct. 23) for his concise and clear analysis of what the infrastructure bills could do for everyday Americans in comparison with…
I could not believe the whiny editorial in the Nov. 5 edition of the Herald. The writer was bemoaning the fact that provisions for tax credits for subscribers, advertisers and…
Rep. Lauren Boebert is hopping mad at the Republicans who voted for the infrastructure bill. I would like to think that we could agree that roads and bridges need be…
“Flattening the curve” was the same awful logic used to assert control over people almost two years ago – three weeks was the first stage of control, not over COVID-19…
Today, on the way downtown, a car went through a crosswalk when I was halfway. A police vehicle ignored the violation. Then crossing Camino del Rio at the Seventh Street…
Many only see hospitals as a place to get the care we need – whether it be for a medical emergency, COVID-19, a severe injury or a routine procedure. It…
