Opinion & Letters to the Editor

Choose Morrissey as next county treasurer
Letters to the Editor

Choose Morrissey as next county treasurer

July 12, 2014

I believe she has the skills, abilities and desire to create a professional office that provides the services you deserve – in a way that gives you confidence. Allison will…

Promote acceptance of healthy behavior
Letters to the Editor

Promote acceptance of healthy behavior

July 12, 2014

San Juan Basin Health’s Celebrating Healthy Communities Coalition has focused since 2008 on promoting developmental assets in our community that help young people become caring, healthy and productive and avoid…

Unlike Obama, Schirard has done his job
Letters to the Editor

Unlike Obama, Schirard has done his job

July 12, 2014

Contrary to Richerson’s claims, Sheriff Schirard has done an excellent job of managing this office as sheriff for the past 20 years and will continue to do so after being…

Accident coverage needs improved precision
Letters to the Editor

Accident coverage needs improved precision

July 12, 2014

Also, in past stories about when a car starts to go off the road, the Herald has said drivers “over-corrected.” When the right tires go off the pavement, the driver…

Step aside
Editorials

Step aside

July 12, 2014

Colorado’s attorney general should not appeal same-sex marriage ruling

Usher Schirard into retirement he’s earned
Letters to the Editor

Usher Schirard into retirement he’s earned

July 12, 2014

Prior to this time, I had no opinion of the sheriff or his department. The first few minutes went well, as I learned Schirard can boast of a long career…

AA can help those who want to stop
Letters to the Editor

AA can help those who want to stop

July 12, 2014

Alcoholics Anonymous is available to anyone with a desire to stop drinking, and there are more than 30 meetings a week in Durango, with more in outlying areas. One can…

Please join us at Pine River Senior Center
Opinion

Please join us at Pine River Senior Center

July 10, 2014

The center is open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays for games and socializing, bring your own lunch; and on Wednesdays and Fridays for activities and meals. Volunteer…

All welcome at 114th San Ignacio Fiesta
Opinion

All welcome at 114th San Ignacio Fiesta

July 10, 2014

Our schedule of events includes: Saturday, July 26 Parade at 10 a.m. Line up begins at 9 a.m. Due to the construction at the Ignacio High School, line up and…

Boys’ behavior at parade was sad
Opinion

Boys’ behavior at parade was sad

July 10, 2014

Perhaps we need to reconsider sharing “gifts” during a parade if this is the kind of behavior it elicits.  What I had hoped would be a pleasant experience for a…

Bayfield 4th was the best
Opinion

Bayfield 4th was the best

July 10, 2014

We sat in the park in Bayfield on the 4th and couldn’t believe the fireworks show was in a small town. Then children in the park started saying “God Bless…

What a Fourth!
Opinion

What a Fourth!

July 10, 2014

Times editor I love Independence Day. We honor our past and have a good time, but there is an important theme underneath it all – we live in the country…

Concealed-carry has become a sick ethos
Letters to the Editor

Concealed-carry has become a sick ethos

July 10, 2014

First, concealed-carry is not entitled by the Second Amendment. There, the verb “to bear” means “to carry in a visible manner,” not to conceal in an invisible manner. Next, it’s…

Routes from trail to downtown dangerous
Letters to the Editor

Routes from trail to downtown dangerous

July 10, 2014

I hope no lives are lost before the city of Durango, the Colorado Department of Transportation and the greater Durango community consider and fund one or two reasonable and safe…

Open records
Editorials

Open records

July 10, 2014

Court decision on attorney fees for those granted access is appropriate

‘Pedestrian’ list does not include cyclists
Letters to the Editor

‘Pedestrian’ list does not include cyclists

July 10, 2014

If you are on your bike you are not a pedestrian! Why was someone cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian in a crosswalk when the supposed pedestrian, who…

Buchanan deserves well-earned rest
Letters to the Editor

Buchanan deserves well-earned rest

July 10, 2014

Buchanan deserves a well-earned rest for all of his service. Thanks to him for all that he has sacrificed for and all that he has accomplished in life, and many…

Sage grouse politics
Editorials

Sage grouse politics

July 8, 2014

Local solutions must be meaningful to avoid federal intervention

Schirard deserves more than slap on wrist
Letters to the Editor

Schirard deserves more than slap on wrist

July 8, 2014

Issues about the sheriff’s inability to manage his office, his lack of knowledge about domestic abuse and his refusal to uphold state law are not what the sheriff wants to…

Help show Durango youths alcohol-free fun
Letters to the Editor

Help show Durango youths alcohol-free fun

July 8, 2014

As a member of the Durango community who works with youths in the public school system with Big Brothers Big Sisters, I share concern about the normalizing effect on youths…

Vaccines
Editorials

Vaccines

July 8, 2014

Report says immunizations are safe, but should be reinforced by memories of fear

Hobby Lobby ruling is a slippery slope
Letters to the Editor

Hobby Lobby ruling is a slippery slope

July 7, 2014

Let’s say Jehovah’s Witnesses don’t believe in medical treatments, only prayer for the sick. If they started a business, (“a closely held corporation” that qualifies under the new law), why…

Traffic signals
Editorials

Traffic signals

July 7, 2014

Colorado Department of Transportation should stop experimenting with lives

A tribute to 2 rare men who will be missed
Letters to the Editor

A tribute to 2 rare men who will be missed

July 7, 2014

Mike was a mentor to all, and he was someone I had the utmost respect for, as he unselfishly donated his time and knowledge to assist anyone who needed it.…

Corporate owners have us where they want
Letters to the Editor

Corporate owners have us where they want

July 5, 2014

How do our owners breed obedient people? The patriarchs of the Supreme Court just gave our owners another tool to crush their patriarchal religion upon women. In so doing, corporations…