Letters to the Editor

Opinion

Trump using our lands for donor payoffs

Not since the Reagan era have we seen our public lands, and our national parks threatened with extinction. But here…

June 22, 2025

Opinion

Cutting services, selling lands does not compute

The Republican budget bill offers tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans. To pay for those tax cuts, it slashes programs…

June 22, 2025

Opinion

Rep. Hurd’s words do not match his actions

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s “Productive Public Lands Act” (HR 1997) is deeply concerning. While he frames the bill as promoting local…

June 13, 2025

Opinion

The lack of pride for the country I served

I just read an article regarding an 84-year-old disabled Vietnam veteran who has taken his U.S. flag down in protest…

June 8, 2025

Opinion

Disturbed and frightened by ‘disappeared’ migrants

An article (Herald, May 15) on the arrest of five people at work at the local business, Rock Solid, sent…

June 8, 2025

Opinion

HR 1997 dismisses decades of collaborative constituent work

Rep. Jeff Hurd’s Productive Public Lands Act, (H.R. 1997) stated goal is to “unlock resource development” on BLM lands in…

June 6, 2025

Opinion

Hurd’s betrayal and hypocrisy on full display

Rep. Jeff Hurd promised he would protect Medicaid from cuts and then voted for the so called “Big Beautiful Bill,”…

June 1, 2025

Opinion

Mountain Middle, helping make better dog families

Thank you to Mountain Middle School and Shane Voss for letting us use your fabulous school to host a dog…

May 30, 2025

Opinion

Hurd is hurting the Western Slope

The House recently passed their “Big Beautiful Bill” of health care cuts, cuts to veteran services, increased energy bills and…

May 28, 2025

Opinion

LPEA board elections

As a graduate of Colorado School of Mines (B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1989; M.S. Mining Engineering, 1992) and a resident of…

May 16, 2025

Opinion

Fear no substitute for qualifications or service

The data doesn’t support the fossil fuel agenda so they made the LPEA election ugly instead. The oil and gas…

May 14, 2025

Opinion

Stand up for democracy, against tyranny

It’s unbelievable that the president would tell its citizens to “shut-up” about the price of eggs. It’s his billionaires, however,…

May 11, 2025

Opinion

Local energy sovereignty equals green energy and lower costs

Here’s the bottom line – LPEA is among the most responsive, innovative, proactive and effectively-run local energy coops in the…

May 4, 2025

Opinion

Foregone conclusion in Animas Valley

I went to the developer’s public meeting for the RV Camp proposed on County Road 252. My conclusions were this:…

May 4, 2025

Opinion

Witchel has member values at heart

In LPEA District 4, vote for John Witchel. John is forward-looking, smart and an incumbent who has member values at…

May 4, 2025

Opinion

We’ve worked with John Witchel, he’s the right choice for LPEA

As longtime Durango residents and active community members, we’ve worked closely with John Witchel on a wide range of local…

May 4, 2025

Opinion

Voting does matter and makes a difference

In the face of chaos, turmoil and fear for the future, many of you ask – but what can I…

May 4, 2025

Opinion

Fort Lewis College hypocritical to cancel Clark talk

Canceling Jackson Clark II’s Life-long Learning lecture, “Saving Navajo Weaving,” scheduled for April 17 was an error of judgment on…

May 4, 2025

Opinion

Hardly great, Trump and Hurd are hurting America

Trump and Hurd want to make America a third-world economy. Trump and Hurd are severing long time, mutually beneficial economic…

April 27, 2025

Opinion

Return to compassion and decency

We are leaders of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Durango’s ‘Preserve Democracy’ team. We have 30+ members, all deeply disturbed…

April 27, 2025

Opinion

Witchel has the skills McKnight seeks

As District 4 members prepare to vote for the LPEA Board of Directors, it’s crucial to consider the candidates’ experience…

April 25, 2025

Opinion

Metzler, Lewandowski and Witchel for LPEA

Roughly 25 years ago, I attended my first LPEA annual meeting, and the keynote speaker from Tri-State gave a talk…

April 23, 2025

Opinion

Missed the mark by a mile

Whether I agree with a Herald editorial or not, there is generally a thoughtful basis for the writer’s point of…

April 23, 2025

Opinion

Vallecito, a great source of local power

The Vallecito hydro plant could be providing over 18,000,000 kWHs of clean, reliable power to La Plata Electric Association every…

April 20, 2025