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Sen. Gardner should answer, yes or no

It is an embarrassment to the residents of Colorado that our senator, Cory Gardner is on national television and refuses to answer a yes-or-no question several times. To change th...

Killing Electoral College would be dandy

I am a Colorado resident who is concerned that my vote and yours are not being properly apportioned. A national popular vote strategy would remedy this and allow us to elect the p...

Melissa Youssef: This is why we’re scrutinizing city’s budget

As I write this column we’re still enjoying beautiful fall weather – but I’m reminded I’m past the halfway point in my term as mayor. As you know if you’ve been reading my monthly columns an...

Let’s take a trip to land beyond plastic

We can all relate to that trigger, someone or something getting us to change. For me and my relationship with plastics, it started in Cincinnati. The grocery store gave out tokens...

Letters: Voting Kristin Smith for school board is important

I support Kristin Smith for Durango School Board. I have known Kristin for six years, and she has been volunteering her time at multiple Durango schools to help make them better f...

Tell councilors we want Sunday hours

I am on the Durango Library Advisory Board and am a passionate advocate for our library. When I moved to Durango in 2015, I did two things almost immediately: I registered my chan...

Dan Snowberger: Join me in voting Yes on Prop CC

Colorado’s economy is one of the best – if not the best – in the country. But despite record corporate profits and tourism revenue, one out of four roads are in poor condition and hundreds o...

Our view: Dark money spent in Lakewood and on Prop CC is worrisome

Outside money unnecessarily clouds the issues in Front Range and beyond

Letters: Colorado hunting is a beneficial industry

Finally, hunting season is here! This is the time of year hunters like myself rise well before dawn, load up our gear and head out the door to enjoy the beautiful Colorado wilderness. ...

Bret Stephens: Elizabeth Warren is trying hard to lose your vote

A decade ago, it was conventional wisdom that the world would soon start running low on oil and that the United States would henceforth be at the mercy of an inexorable trend. Then the frack...

Letters: Moran the right pick to stay on board

Please re-elect Stephanie Moran for Durango school board. As a 9-R and Adult Education educator, teacher leader and community member, I have been fortunate to listen and learn fro...

Letters: A working dog can’t get nowhere today

The Herald has ruined our dog Sawyer’s perfect life. Sawyer is in charge of bringing in our Durango Herald every morning. Now he only has a job for three days a week. ...