I read with interest the article, Durango residents protest REI, urge shoppers to support local stores,” (Herald, Aug. 24) pertaining to the eight individuals protesting the opening of the new…
Tina Peters, former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder, and four-count convicted felon, now has MAGA cause célèbre status. “FREE TINA PETERS, a brave and innocent Patriot.” “Let Tina Peters out…
Thank you to all the agencies that coordinated the response to the Blue Ridge Fire in Forest Lakes. As a resident, I am grateful for the rapidity and intensity of…
The citizens of the U.S. are in a cold civil war. There are the people who believe in the rule of law and the Constitution that has lasted 250 years…
Last January, a fire ignited in a California battery energy storage system (BESS), the world’s largest, spewing black billowing clouds of toxic chemicals and, when extinguishment was hampered, forced the…
Hope Scheppelman has decided that Jeff Hurd doesn’t demonstrate a profound enough disdain for the people of District 3 and has set herself in the running to replace him. Of…
The optimistic editorial, “Good Neighbors,” (Herald, July 27) about the new REI, urged giving them a chance as a “trusted community partner.” I wish I could share that optimism, but…
I am writing in response to the letter titled “Student safety should come first in restroom policy” (Herald, Aug. 17). I agree: Every child deserves to feel safe at school.…
FEMA’s funding and expertise falter 20 years after Katrina, weakening our ability to prepare for and recover from disasters
LPEA, our local electric co-op, is well managed, always keeping the interests of its members in mind. Whenever I have been seeking advice or information, the staff has been knowledgeable…
Way to go, city of Durango. Closing a major recreation area entrance for weeks without any notice or updates. If others are like me, I rode my bike over to…
I watched the bodycam footage. The Durango Police Department posted it on Facebook (see https://tinyurl.com/48jz8nwk) after Compañeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center accused one of their officers of colluding with…
I am afraid to write this letter because of being targeted by ICE, but somebody must. ICE agents are stealing people off the streets right now. On Aug. 18, ICE…
La Plata County property owners pushed back this month against the valuations they received in May to a greater degree than in recent years, likely not unlike other owners in…
The weather forecast on the back page of the Herald is between 5 and 10 degrees lower than the actual temperature most days. I have called the Herald twice with…
For several decades, there has been a concerted effort to destroy trust in our public institutions. Trust in public institutions related to education, health care, public lands, infrastructure, and the…
A recent editorial, “Our view: Colorado’s new laws,” described lab grown meat as “gross” (Herald, Aug. 17). Don’t you think it is gross to slaughter animals? Candice Carson Durango
I was heartbroken to hear about Bob Hofman passing away (Herald, Aug. 20). This staunch Metro always looked forward to our games against Fort Lewis College. Bob was a great…
Are Durango city councilors really so naive that they think that easing ADU regulations in our city will somehow magically solve the affordable housing problem in Durango? They are simply…
We live less than 7 miles from the Blue Ridge Fire, which started at the Forest Lakes Subdivision the afternoon of Aug. 15. We were thinking about the possibility of…
History is documentation of events that happened, people who were involved, detailing the actions and ideas that have impacted our current civilization. The study of history is often painful; certain…
I have practiced medicine including immunology for 40 years. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admits to having no medical or scientific education or experience. Despite this, he has used his position…
I thought to submit a letter, absent politics and controversy, that simply reflects on my life in Durango. So I asked myself, “What do you want to be when you…
It might be worth noting that someone has already been killed on Animas View Drive. They were killed because the driver was going too fast or was inattentive, not because…
The Republican “Big Beautiful Bill” has suddenly left Colorado in a $1.2 billion deficit. This means that our legislators in the General Assembly are having to scramble to cut this…
Rep. Jeff Hurd was among a group of Republican lawmakers who recently met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. The trip was organized by the American Israel Public Affairs…
The July 2025 FBI memo stated there are 1,000+ victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking ring. Some members of the Trump administration have expressed concern for the…
I guess I’m getting old. I speak fluent Finnish, a fair amount of Russian, some French and Spanish, and made straight As in college English. But I’ll be darned if…
The race is on for the Durango School District Board of Education (Herald, Aug. 10). Seats currently held by Erika Brown, Rick Petersen and Andrea Parmenter are up for grabs…
As a new school year begins, I can’t help but wonder how our kids are really doing. Will our kids learn values such as empathy, compassion and integrity as they…
