Editorials
Our View: Durango driving
We have a rush hour, counterintuitive road designs, but we can all be courteous
Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Use 9-R building for employee housing
Why sell the Durango School District 9-R Administration Building to the fire department? Why don’t they build employee housing for teachers and other employees? They might be able to retain…
Letters to the Editor
Don’t like the train? Feel free to move
As pointed out in a letter to the editor Oct. 1 from Julie Meadows, yes the train is loud, attracts tourists all year, most likely is responsible for the 416…
Editorials
Our View: A good process
Colorado’s redistricting effort is the beginning of good government
Editorials
Our View: Power negotiations
Tri-State flexibility a step forward for La Plata Electric Association
Op-Ed
Chaco Culture National Park is under siege
It is not an exaggeration to say that New Mexico’s Chaco Culture National Historical Park is under siege. Bruce Babbitt A surge of oil and gas development threatens this ancestral…
Letters to the Editor
Vote Brown, Parmenter, Petersen for school board
I support incumbents Erika Brown and Andrea Parmenter and newcomer Rick Petersen for the Durango School District 9-R Board. The incumbents have dedicated thousands of hours of leadership in classrooms,…
Letters to the Editor
The train is loud and hasn’t paid for fire
I know there are many Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train lovers in town, and I am not one of them. It’s not only the hordes of tourists it attracts…
Letters to the Editor
Bad trip saved by friendly ambassador
The three of us made a trip to Durango last week. We made reservations in June with the Durango Downtown Inn for three rooms for two nights. The total cost…
Letters to the Editor
Brown, Petersen, Parmenter running as individuals
I strongly support Erika Brown, Rick Petersen and Andrea Parmenter for Durango School District 9-R’s board. Brown and Parmenter are current board members and among other things, have been making…
Letters to the Editor
9-R school board is censoring free speech
The current Durango School District 9-R board has stooped to a new low. They were discussing banning community members from communicating to the board during the Sept. 28 public board…
Letters to the Editor
Support reconciliation bill for climate’s sake
As climate disasters, economic inequity, and environmental injustice continue to plague communities across the country, it’s more important than ever for Congress to stay focused and get the job done…
Letters to the Editor
City should pay more attention to Three Springs
Dear Durango Politicos, Remember us? It’s your distant relatives in Three Springs. Yeah, we are still in Durango City Limits, way out here by all the Farmington Hill construction. Don’t…
Letters to the Editor
Vote for Brown, Parmenter, Peterson for school board
Ouch! Reading a simple spreadsheet can be challenging, and I am unsure where Jackie O’Karma (“Vote for Paslay for 9-R school board,” Sept. 25-26) got her graduation rates for Durango…
Letters to the Editor
Resident tired of talking to answering machines
Is anybody else getting tired of talking to answering machines? It seems like our public service sector jobs all went to working from home during COVID-19 but never returned to…
Letters to the Editor
Vote Gulec, Hill and Paslay for 9-R school board
I am writing in support of Dean Hill, Donna Gulec and Kristina Paslay for Durango School District 9-R’s board. I am a native of Durango and came through 9-R in…
Letters to the Editor
Paslay, Hill, Gulec will build Durango’s future
We know that strong schools build strong communities. This last year has been more than challenging. It has eroded trust on almost all levels in our community. Now it’s time,…
Letters to the Editor
Legislation must effectively address climate change
Thank you, Durango Herald, for your Sept. 25-26 story “Climate change is now,” highlighting the impacts of an ever-warming climate to Coloradans. From agriculture to tourism, the increases in heat,…
Editorials
Our View: Cortez Schools
Whatever the perceived problem, whitewashing history is not the answer
Letters to the Editor
Cutting down mature trees is disturbing
I’m not a Durango local. My husband and I are here for two months, working remotely, renting a VRBO and enjoying this amazing town. With so much emphasis on wilderness…
Letters to the Editor
Gulec, Hill and Paslay for 9-R school board
Durango School District 9-R needs help and fast. The Nov. 2 school board election will give Durango the best opportunity to reverse a decade of declining math and reading proficiency…
Letters to the Editor
Pathway to citizenship is good for Colorado
After a year of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, Colorado’s tourism industry was back in business this summer. Pent-up demand is bringing thousands of people to our state who want to see…
Letters to the Editor
Vote for Paslay for 9-R school board
When your ballot arrives for the Durango School District 9-R board election in early October, I urge you to cast your vote for Kristinia Paslay. She has by far the…
Letters to the Editor
Vote for Gulec, Hill and Paslay for school board
I wanted to write to support Donna Gulec, Dean Hill and Kristina Paslay who are running for Durango School District 9-R board. These candidates believe in parental involvement, complete transparency…
Population Matters
It’s past time for Colorado to tackle the ‘pink tax’
Richard Grossmandu1-i-syn We’re all aware that the role of women has changed in the last centuries, but probably less aware that their biology has also changed. Together, these changes have…
Letters to the Editor
Why the unavailability of COVID-19 rapid tests?
Have you had a runny nose lately and wonder if it’s COVID-19? Thinking about a holiday gathering but worried about your aging parents being there? As schools opened, much of…
Letters to the Editor
Reindeer near Ignacio well taken care of
The reindeer (two of them) are well taken care of in Ignacio. There is food and water readily available at all times, their living quarters are adequate, their pen is…
Op-Ed
How I learned to love maggots
If you’re one of those people who composts everything you can think of because you want to build up your garden soil, you might — like me this summer —…