Here in Western Colorado, we don’t need another summer of smoke to remind us that wildfire season isn’t what it used to be. Communities across the Western Slope need scientifically…
Yes, it’s very nice to drive on the recently repaved Colorado 140 in and near Hesperus. And, no, it’s not nice at all to drive by the junkyard across from…
We are so lucky in Durango to have successful public schools, with a strong school board leading the way. We should all do everything we can to get our incumbents…
A recent letter (Herald, Oct, 5) attempts to conflate the counterexample proposed by 17 year-old Hannah Cairo to the Mizohata-Takeuchi conjecture (a purely mathematical problem), with climate science models. While…
A film presented at the Crested Butte Film Festival confirmed that the Trump administration is attacking free speech. “Mr. Nobody Against Putin” features a teacher in a small town in…
I was so happy that a recent letter writer pointed out that climate change is no longer a concern thanks to a 17-year-old who supposedly disproved the math behind it…
I served on the Durango School Board for nearly 8 years and have a solid understanding of the deep responsibility our community has to supporting public schools that are open…
In response to Mr. Skillen’s letter (Herald, Oct. 5) regarding The Code Rights Project, there are a few important points to clarify. The Code Rights Project has taken no position…
Shame on you, Durango Herald, for the headline, “High Country Cattle Auction brings top-notch stock and country charm to Southwest Colorado,” (Herald, Oct. 1). If you think for one minute…
I wonder if anti-LDS hate is ramping up once again in America. We have two recent signs it is: the BYU-Colorado football game chants (“F*** you, Mormons”); and the Michigan…
Being born and raised here, I take pride in calling this community my lifelong home. Over the years, I’ve watched our county grow, our needs expand, and our costs increase.…
What happened to Cindy Stein and her child should scare every parent in Durango (Herald, Mar. 26). While Cindy was fighting cancer, her child was pushed into gender transition without…
Charlie Kirk’s death was a tragedy. The outrage was warranted. Where was this administration’s outrage over the two students shot at Evergreen High School on the same day by a…
On Sept. 24, The New York Times reported that President Trump endorsed a “new civics effort with MAGA aligned groups.” A new civics education program led by the America First…
With the 2026 legislative session a little over three months away, my work preparing new bills for next session is ramping up. I’d like to give an overview of what…
When natural gas prices doubled after Russia invaded Ukraine, Colorado families saw their heating bills spike by hundreds of dollars. But not everyone felt the pain equally. Kathy FacklerDonald L.…
Disagreement has become division. No two-party system can fix what it has inadvertently caused. Economic hardship, poverty, cuts to health care and the burden undocumented immigration has placed on middle-lower…
My friends, Tamra Fenberg and Pearl Stegner, are running for the Durango School District’s Board of Education. Recently I learned there is a rumor going around Durango that both of…
Durango School District Board elections are approaching, with ballots arriving Oct. 14. Please cast your vote to re-elect our incumbents: Erika Brown, Rick Petersen and Andrea Parmenter. Their policies have…
Well, all you people who voted to elect Trump are getting exactly what you voted for. Trump, on his campaign, stated he would be a dictator on day one. That…
It is worth setting the record straight (Letters, Herald, Sept. 12). After all, propaganda is what’s allowed the holocaust in Gaza and the West Bank to start and continue for…
During a sleepless night, fretting about the destruction of our country, I had a series of recollections. Mayor Dick White My memories include living images of John Kennedy, Martin Luther…
A common mindset I’ve encountered while speaking with longtime Durangoans and reading letters to the editor goes something like this: “I’ve lived here for 10, 20, or 30 years, and…
It has been 43 years since La Plata County last increased its sales tax. In that time, the county population has grown, costs have gone up and the responsibilities of…
As a longtime fan of the Durango Choral Society, I have watched Carol Thurman’s composition, “Rivers, Rails and Roots – A Sesquicentennial Suite,” become reality over the last three years.…
How do we identify an ICE agent? This is what we’ve learned. Well … they wear face masks. Originally, they were described as ski masks, easy to put on and…
Mr. Russ Smith (Herald, Sept. 17) and Mr. Jack Turner (Herald, July 27), and the Code Rights Project seem intent on gutting La Plata County’s land-use system so developers can…
The First Amendment is not merely ink on parchment – it is America’s covenant with itself. It ensures no leader can dictate what we say, publish, teach or worship. Yet,…
The Founders may not have intentionally put the First Amendment first in the Bill of Rights, but they treated it as the foundation of self-government. Without the freedom to speak…
