Editorials
Sell us: City leaders must show voters how tax hike will work
The city is sending a tax hike to the April ballot – now comes the hard part
Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
My letter to editor was misinterpreted
Unfortunately, the Herald added the headline: “Farrakhan has done good things, too.” That headline in no way represented me or my beliefs. Perhaps it’s not surprising that a casual reader…
Letters to the Editor
I don’t want this can. Where’s the lake?
No one asked if I wanted or needed a huge bear resistant trash can. I only produce enough trash to fill it less than a quarter full each week (reduce,…
Letters to the Editor
Local Democrats killing us with taxes
It was just last year property taxes were increased. Then, because La Plate county is a tourist mecca, the county receives revenues equivalent to a much more populous county. The…
Editorials
Best disinfectant: Increasing local political disclosures should work
City’s move to identify campaign contributors is right step for us
Letters to the Editor
Trump more honest than liberal media
I’m not a Trump fan, but compared to liberal journalists, Trump is a truth-telling saint. The “downgrading” that the AP and The Washington Post, and now the Herald were moaning…
Letters to the Editor
Trump will do anything to save himself
His opponents believe he is crooked. His supporters believe he is the victim of a conspiracy. Trump has been preparing his base for an attempt to impeach him almost since…
Editorials
Roger Federer: What we hear now is time’s winged chariot at his back
In victory and defeat, but mostly victory, he’s been the best that we can be
Letters to the Editor
Thank Polis for more electric vehicles
Those suffocating black exhaust clouds from diesel engines will soon be shrinking, and we will be able to enjoy time in our lovely San Juan Mountains without breathing in chemical…
Letters to the Editor
Progressives, fat cats want open borders
The influx of illegal, low-skilled workers depresses the wages of other workers, shifting money from local working families to business owners. Because cheap labor means more profits, the progressive policy…
Letters to the Editor
Colorado hunters, please take the survey
That time is now, and for the first time in a long time, CPW seems to want to do the right thing. If you are among the growing number of…
Editorials
Food fight: The president seeks the last mouthful
Denied Congress, President Trump stages his own State of the Union
Letters to the Editor
Tipton, Gardner are to blame for trash
Rep. Scott Tipton and Sen. Cory Gardner, each of you is directly responsible for this mess, the desecration, the feces, the trash and graffiti, and all the illegal activity on…
Letters to the Editor
Furloughed workers show integrity
On my return from Denver, I dreaded going through the seemingly endless sea of people awaiting security clearance. But all lines were manned and operating normally. When it was my…
Editorials
Forecast cloudy: Shutdown makes predictions worse
Government is so good at weather, one agency head doesn’t want you to know
Letters to the Editor
Justifying Farrakhan is just bad judgment
After reading Carol Cure’s letter (“Farrakhan has done good things, too,” Jan. 15), I think she should have taken his advice. Quoting Cure, “Mallory is apparently an admirer of Farrakhan…
Letters to the Editor
Cut Herald instead of Pine River Times
According to your article, The Pine River Times will no longer be a newspaper we can actually hold in our hands, read at leisure and enjoy the reporting by Melanie…
Letters to the Editor
Build the new police HQ in Three Springs
This would be much more economical than building a new or remodeling the old main station downtown. It would free up a lot of parking spaces on Second Avenue. The…
Letters to the Editor
Snowberger stuff makes us look stupid
I am tired of the harassment our superintendent of schools continues to receive, even as he attempts to correct his course. I cannot write it off as the issues that…
Editorials
Don’t even: Lessons need to be learned from 2A defeat
City leaders are eying another tax-hike request, in April – they shouldn’t
Letters to the Editor
Inexcusable act in the funeral industry
This is an inexcusable act and is intolerable in the funeral industry. Please know that this company is in no way related to or associated with Four Corners Funeral Chapel…
Letters to the Editor
Farrakhan has done good things, too
Media outlets have noted that Tamika Mallory, the co-president of the Women’s March, was present at a speech Farrakhan gave before the Nation of Islam where he made appalling anti-Semitic…
Editorials
Early bird special: There’s a way to make Snowdown even better
Snowdown parade is a signature event – so let’s start it at 5 p.m., not 6
Letters to the Editor
School board: time to ditch Snowberger
As a graduate of 9-R schools and as a parent of a 9-R pupil, I am unimpressed by the actions Snowberger has taken over the last few months. He’s lost…
Letters to the Editor
Women’s march supports justice for all
No matter from where it originates, we must commit ourselves to confronting and resisting bias and discrimination if we are to have a society that is fair and just. Racial,…
Editorials
Sunny days ahead: Positive Colorado numbers on 2019 economy
Economic forecast shows Southwest Colorado positioned for coming year