Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Letter spread falsehoods about vaccines
Letters to the Editor

Letter spread falsehoods about vaccines

January 7, 2022

I understand that the Herald feels it should publish all letters to the editor. But by printing Richard Podlesnik’s letter (Dec. 31), the Herald is complicit in spreading disinformation concerning…

Rep. Boebert is wrong on forest management policy
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Rep. Boebert is wrong on forest management policy

January 7, 2022

Like Rep. Lauren Boebert and all Coloradans, I want fewer forest fires and cleaner air. But her focus on beetle-killed timber is a smoke screen for what her “Fix our…

Durango airport must enforce mask use
Letters to the Editor

Durango airport must enforce mask use

January 5, 2022

I am writing to express my disappointment in the Durango-La Plata County Airport and its failure to support COVID-19-relevant public health measures. I am a Durango native who traveled home…

Anti-vax letter carelessly printed by Herald
Letters to the Editor

Anti-vax letter carelessly printed by Herald

January 5, 2022

In his Dec. 31 letter, Richard Podlesnik spewed, with the acquiescence of The Durango Herald, a number of false and easily refuted lies about the COVID-19 vaccine. His source for…

Sentence too lenient in cyclist’s death
Letters to the Editor

Sentence too lenient in cyclist’s death

January 3, 2022

I am writing to express my fury with Judge William Herringer’s recent ruling in the death of Benjamin Sonntag. The defendant was sentenced to only three years in prison for…

Fire as integral to life as water
Opinion

Fire as integral to life as water

January 3, 2022

In response to “Conservation partners target 300,000 acres in Southwest Colorado” published in The Durango Herald (Dec. 24): The obvious: Fire is a natural component of ecosystems whereas logging (the…

9-R board not working for all residents of district
Letters to the Editor

9-R board not working for all residents of district

January 2, 2022

At the Nov. 30 Durango School District 9-R board meeting, an agenda item called “Public Suggested Vaccine Mandate” was discussed at 9:22 p.m. by directors Kristin Smith, Erika Brown, Andrea…

Our View: 2021
Editorials

Our View: 2021

January 1, 2022

A year defined by challenges on many fronts in Southwest Colorado

Drivers must respect pedestrians at crosswalks
Letters to the Editor

Drivers must respect pedestrians at crosswalks

January 1, 2022

I also use the crosswalk that Joe Lewandowski wrote about in his recent letter to the editor (Herald, Dec. 11). I stand, waiting, while watching drivers proceed on their way,…

Rebuild fire station where it is
Letters to the Editor

Rebuild fire station where it is

December 31, 2021

Just wanted to remind Durango of how, in wanting to “save a buck,” they took up much of the beauty and available-for-recreation land for the “enhanced” sanitation structures at Santa…

Our View: Happy Hogmanay
Editorials

Our View: Happy Hogmanay

December 31, 2021

In Scotland, the New Year rings in with a rousing party and celebration of friendship

Some doctors oppose vaccination for children
Letters to the Editor

Some doctors oppose vaccination for children

December 31, 2021

I fear for our children. Sixteen thousand medical doctors and scientists declare “that healthy children shall not be subject to forced vaccination.” (https://doctorsandscientistsdeclaration.org/) From Robert F. Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defense…

Our View: Roe in 2022
Editorials

Our View: Roe in 2022

December 29, 2021

The high court is poised to find out what Americans really think

Rep. Boebert is a ‘pig in a poke’
Letters to the Editor

Rep. Boebert is a ‘pig in a poke’

December 29, 2021

It is unfortunate Gerry Cuca (letters, Herald, Dec. 24) continues to believe that Lauren Boebert has the best interest of the people in the 3rd Congressional District as primary in…

Creative District supports discussion of Indigenous mascots
Letters to the Editor

Creative District supports discussion of Indigenous mascots

December 29, 2021

The Durango Creative District would like to take this opportunity to address our involvement with the “Community Conversation: Indigenous Mascots” event at the Durango Arts Center. Through the efforts of…

Indigenous mascots should be discussed openly
Letters to the Editor

Indigenous mascots should be discussed openly

December 25, 2021

We are the Los Pinos Anti-Racism Project, a group of citizens from the Pine River Valley working to end racism in all of its forms here in our beloved communities.…

Don’t attack our congresswoman
Letters to the Editor

Don’t attack our congresswoman

December 24, 2021

I wake up every day and thank God that we have Lauren Boebert as our 3rd Congressional District representative. She has stood up for all that is important to me…

Give to those in need this season
Letters to the Editor

Give to those in need this season

December 22, 2021

It’s been another tough year. A year of digging in, choosing sides, back turning. A severe year. And it looks like we have more of the same ahead. Some of…

Let’s talk about pickleball
Opinion

Let’s talk about pickleball

December 22, 2021

Since Jim Cross and the Herald has decided to open the dialogue on pickleball I feel compelled to follow up and continue the dialogue. I too play some tennis from…

Our View: Pickleball
Editorials

Our View: Pickleball

December 18, 2021

Players deserve their own courts, but may have to be patient

A tale of two presidents
Opinion

A tale of two presidents

December 18, 2021

In our gun-obsessed culture, any threats posted on social media must be taken seriously, which is exactly what President Tom Stritikus did by closing the Fort Lewis College campus on…

In COVID-19 fight, think like a Marine
Letters to the Editor

In COVID-19 fight, think like a Marine

December 18, 2021

The war goes on … It’s not a military war with guns, ships, planes and rockets. It’s a global war that has killed millions and wounded tens of millions. This…

Strategy designed to silence public
Letters to the Editor

Strategy designed to silence public

December 17, 2021

The Durango School District 9-R/Durango Fire Protection District contract for the 9-R Administration Building reserves to DFPD the right to exit the contract if it determines the deal not to…

Integrity, responsibility have gone missing
Letters to the Editor

Integrity, responsibility have gone missing

December 17, 2021

Mr. Orr (Herald, letters, Dec. 15) might consider doing research on the systematic weakening of our justice system in the last 30 years, or the war against our law enforcement.…