La Plata County Search and Rescue has for years provided valuable services to our Durango community devoted to hiking and outdoor activities. Recently, they showed a special depth of empathy…
As a past Durango School District 9-R board president, I urge you to vote for Cathy Mewmaw. Cathy is the only candidate who has knowledge based on her recent teaching…
Extremes of drought and monsoon have given us a truly unique leaf-peeping season. Our leaves haven’t failed to stun us with their dazzling colors this fall. The yellows, reds and…
I understand that Richard “Dean” Hill is running for the Durango School District 9-R board. Wow! In my opinion, the absolute worst thing that could occur would be for the…
Colorado’s woeful underfunding of our public schools, attributable mainly to the restrictions of the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights amendment, has had harmful effects across the state’s educational system, weakening the…
I was blessed to relocate to La Plata County in 1980 and have now lived here for over half my life. As a Community Bank CEO, I was asked to…
Shame on the slate of school board candidates marketing themselves as Building Durango’s Future. They are trying to con you into voting for them by falsely claiming that Durango’s schools…
When Erika Brown was appointed to fill the vacant school board seat in February 2020, the pool of volunteers was tiny, and the workload was enormous. Lucky for us, Erika…
My office is located near the Mason Center, so I frequently walk by there and have watched the development over the summer. A few weeks ago, I was walking across…
I write to help “unmask” the extremist slate of three candidates (Richard “Dean” Hill, Donna Gulec and Kristine Paslay) seeking to take control of the Durango School District 9-R board.…
Brown, Petersen and Parmenter for the school board
I am writing this letter in support of Erika Brown, Andrea Parmenter and Rick Peterson. I have been a long-term substitute in the district and have had many conversations with…
Students need in-person instruction; say no to single-issue board candidates
I am writing as a former La Plata County commissioner, who worked hard to represent the best interests of all our citizens. Durango School District 9-R needs a school board…
Elections for school board candidates often receive too little attention, but they are among the most important offices on our ballots. Homeowners know that good schools are a top factor…
This year voters are fortunate to have highly qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the Durango School District Board of Education, and 9-R certainly needs the wide range of skills,…
The candidates featured on the “Building Durango’s Future” website are better suited for reality TV than they are to serve on an actual school board. The candidate from District E…
I am writing to voice my support for Erica Brown, Andrea Parmenter and Rick Petersen for 9-R School Board. The past two years have been the most challenging in history…
Erika Brown, Rick Petersen and Andrea Parmenter have been endorsed by the Durango Education Association and Durango Education Support Professionals Association. They have this endorsement because these three independent candidates…
Across the country, school boards are being politicized and taken over by extreme conservatives waging culture wars. The movement is fueled by anger over mask mandates and a claim that…
As someone new to the Durango area (no, not from California or Texas) and having school-age children, I am interested in the upcoming Durango School District 9-R elections. Not knowing…
Too many unanswered questions to proposed fire department move
I’ve been going to the Durango School District 9-R school board meetings, and I’m discouraged. It’s because the community has had a limited voice in those meetings. They find all…
Regarding the recent letter to The Durango Herald, I would like to offer my opinion of our local railroad. The 416 Fire was a disaster, no objective person would deny…
Regarding the current Durango school board election, it appears to be extremely acrimonious and rife with disinformation, misinformation and/or lack of information regarding the three candidates running as a slate:…
One of the critical challenges in beginning this school year was the vital importance of getting our students back into the classroom safely in the midst of a pandemic. With…
I’m writing to support the three candidates running for the Durango School District 9-R school board who have been endorsed by Durango teachers and professional staff. They are Rick Petersen,…
We are now extremely fortunate to have a magnificent new 9-R superintendent in Dr. Karen Cheser. It will be the new board’s responsibility to give her the support she needs…
This year voters are fortunate to have highly qualified candidates to fill vacancies on the Durango School District Board of Education, and 9-R certainly needs the wide range of skills,…
The data is in: There’s strong evidence students in Colorado attending schools with mask mandates have far lower rates of COVID-19 infections than those in schools without them (therefore fewer…
