Opinion & Letters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor
Choosing death affects entire community
In both cases, The Durango Herald should have covered the events in all their gory details even though it’s a horrible burden on the Caldwell family survivors. For them, the…
Editorials
College affordability
Obama plan addresses cost of education, goes beyond student funding access
Letters to the Editor
Gun wackos asked to keep their distance
Their distemper-induced demands are particularly odious when regarded against the recent attempt at a mass shooting at a school in Decatur, Ga., attended by 800 students ranging from prekindergarten to…
Letters to the Editor
A welcome plan for the Bridge to Nowhere
Everyone who has at least one registered car will get a portion of their hard-earned money back that was wasted on that project. The beauty of this idea is Durango…
Letters to the Editor
Pick-up policy drives couple from recycling
We live on the north end of Durango with an alley behind our home. Our trash is picked up in the alley. Our garage and drive is off the alley.…
Editorials
Election 2013
Primarily because of local issues, off-year ballot has become surprisingly interesting
Letters to the Editor
Some doctors see new Medicare patients
I would also suggest that Young investigate why primary-care doctors limit the number of Medicare and Medicaid patients they accept into their practices. Based on current reimbursement rates, these providers…
Letters to the Editor
Critics miss facts, history of climate change
In the 1890s, long before Obama was born, science had achieved the capability to measure the flux of solar energy reaching planet Earth and determine that the rate of energy…
Letters to the Editor
Story prompted hope that town can help
This woman felt like she had no choice, but to end her life and take her two daughters with her. As a community, we reach out to those who need…
Letters to the Editor
Include the Herald in city’s war on shoppers
However, why draw the line with the major commercial outlets in Durango? I believe the council could better establish its creds by including the Durango Herald plastic bags on home-delivered…
Letters to the Editor
Require merchants to use recyclable bags
First, while the plastic bags now used by local merchants aren’t recyclable, other types of plastic bags apparently are. We’ve recently received some items ordered by Internet or phone that…
Letters to the Editor
Recycling revenue claim somewhat suspect
That statement would appear to be a mistake. James Veach Bayfield Editor’s note: The fees collected on Aug. 17 included those for recycled electronics, a service the city now offers…
Letters to the Editor
Story raises questions about compost
The story states that Durango Compost and Phoenix Recycling recycle construction waste, and make nonmanure compost from wood chips – an alternative for organic farmers who want to avoid the…
Editorials
Mancos gold mill
Polluted, unpermitted facility a snapshot of the darker side of Colorado history
Letters to the Editor
Opinion piece part of overdue conversation
Capital – money – is like water. When the flow is well balanced, it can grow a lot of good stuff for all of us. When the balance is off,…
Letters to the Editor
Herald perpetuates myth of global warming
The Herald failed to report that literally thousands of low-temperature records were set during July. From the Dakotas to Texas to the East Coast, the nation was cool. There has…
Letters to the Editor
Stories unsympathetic to family, friends
You couldn’t even tell who the story was about because it kept bringing up gory details about everything else that had happened on the railroad. Have some compassion, for heavens…
Editorials
Recycling pickup
The city has the ability; it should adapt to reasonable requests for alley collection
Letters to the Editor
Disturbing stories bordered on sadistic
I didn’t feel the family of the 2001 suicide needed to be reminded of that death, either. I think both stories that I read in your paper almost seemed to…
Letters to the Editor
Coverage of man’s death callous, hurtful
Was the Herald out to pile hurt upon hurt to the family by digging up the memory of his mother? All that needed to be said was: “He was preceded…
Letters to the Editor
Cops should enforce law on passing lanes
Colorado Statutes 42-4-1013 says, “A person shall not drive a motor vehicle in the passing lane of a highway if the speed limit is 65 mph or more unless such…
Letters to the Editor
Majority supports council, bag ordinance
What’s with all the emphasis on foes – a minority of city residents and many from the county who are ineligible to vote in the city. Because the Herald left…
Letters to the Editor
Spread the word: Local doctors nix Medicare
Meanwhile, I’m thinking that blogging about this situation in Durango is a good idea. Reckon tourists who visit, parents of college students and people coming to Durango because they were…
Letters to the Editor
Political ads aside, Herald doing a great job
Also, thanks to Doreen Hunter (Opinion, Herald, July 28) for shining a light on a glaring lack of equity in our country even today in 2013. Bias and our prejudice…