Letters to the Editor

Opinion

Green jobs ‘another failure of Bidenomics’

The editorial in the Wednesday edition of The Durango Herald and The Journal on the loss of carbon-based jobs in…

August 6, 2023

Opinion

‘The dog days of Durango’

In the dog days of Durango edition on Friday, The Durango Herald and The Journal’s editorial board poked around the…

August 4, 2023

Opinion

‘Check pockets’ for winning ticket

On Monday, Feb. 5, someone walked into the Huck Finn Exxon on the corner of C.R. 250 and C.R. 240…

August 4, 2023

Opinion

‘Bring lawn chair to City Market’s parking lot’

For an afternoon social event, I highly recommend that you bring your lawn chair to watch City Market’s north parking…

August 2, 2023

Opinion

‘Carpenter should be fostered, protected’

Issuing an industrial rezoning for the logging operation at the west entrance to Carpenter Natural Area in Cortez goes against…

August 2, 2023

Opinion

‘ILC filling wetlands, burning slash, bulldozing’

My husband and I are against rezoning the Independent Log Co. property from commercial to industrial. Our home is adjacent…

August 2, 2023

Opinion

‘No’ ILC industrial rezone in Cortez

Independent Log Co. owns a 10-acre parcel of land at 1050 Lebanon Road in Cortez. If its industrial re-zoning application…

July 28, 2023

Opinion

Women, how do you justify voting for Trump?’

I have seen Donald Trump rallies in Iowa and around the U.S. I see women young and old cheer him.…

July 28, 2023

Opinion

‘Capitalism works, socialism doesn’t’

Too many times, I hear or read of people referring to socialism as a system to which the U.S .should…

July 28, 2023

Opinion

Mercy’s ‘shrinking services’ get personal

I raise concern about the shrinking availability of services at Mercy Hospital (formerly Mercy Regional Medical Center). Pre-Centura, there was…

July 28, 2023

Opinion

‘Don’t need to be dodging poop bombs’

Durango is a dog friendly town, some might say obsessed. We have two dogs ourselves and all of our neighbors…

July 28, 2023

Opinion

‘Movie night at Buckley Park fantastic’

Our recent movie night at Buckley Park was fantastic. The park was filled with a diverse array of happy people…

July 28, 2023

Opinion

‘Reduce wildfire potential on property’

Here in Southwest Colorado, we’ve experienced a wet winter and spring, which relieved the years-long drought and decreased the wildfire…

July 26, 2023

Opinion

Regulation 7 to ‘ensure Colorado on track’

Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission recently approved Regulation 7, a new standard requiring the Air Pollution Control Division, and oil…

July 26, 2023

Opinion

‘If going into wilderness unprepared’

This letter is based on a true experience I had hiking recently. I encountered a Texas man hiking alone, going…

July 26, 2023

Opinion

‘PROVE IT Act’ next climate solution

If you are interested in accelerating climate change solutions, you may be interested in the newly proposed PROVE IT Act.…

July 23, 2023

Opinion

‘Way my wife and I lived our lives’

I recently read this and I thought this was very appropriate, as this is the way my wife and I…

July 23, 2023

Opinion

‘Leftist U.S. press outlets censor news’

There have been a number of anti-Republican posts and commentaries in The Durango Herald over the last few months. Anti-Democrat…

July 23, 2023

Opinion

‘Unconscionable’ grazing puts Bighorns ‘in danger’

Healthy ecosystems depend on plant and animal species as their foundations. When a species becomes endangered, it is a sign…

July 21, 2023

Opinion

‘Dispatch reliable partner in public safety’

Thank you for telling dispatchers’ story in “A call for help” on Sunday. A long time ago I was a…

July 21, 2023

Opinion

‘Better source skim milk’ to hydrate

The news story on Friday with the headline, “What to expect with near record-high temperatures in Durango,” advised people to…

July 21, 2023

Opinion

‘MAGA has become a blanket slur’

What is MAGA? I thought it stood for Make America Great Again? Who wouldn’t want that? Sounds like a mainstream…

July 21, 2023

Opinion

‘Can no longer afford’ subsidized grazing

Sunday’s guest column on the plight of the bighorn highlights the growing gap between market-based pricing and historic uses of…

July 19, 2023

Opinion

‘Bed, Bath and Beyond’ for pickleball?

I request that the city reconsider its determination to install permanent pickleball court(s) to the existing, previously paid for, taken…

July 19, 2023