Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Here’s how we’ll choose our next city manager

During a city council meeting on Aug. 20, City Manager Ron LeBlanc announced his retirement after almost 12 years of service. Although his announcement took City Council by surpri...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: From the Mayor

Tell council to budget for climate action

We face the ultimate emergency in climate change – extinction. Once the climate is tipped, no human actions will prevent the release of millions of tons of trapped methane, resulting in coll...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Welcome home

Not everyone is pleased that Hickenlooper wants to take on Gardner

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

Complaints about the train are dishonest

Every week there is a new letter to the editor complaining about smoke, noise, fire risk or some other aspect of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge train. Often, these compla...

DATE: Aug 26, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Need to keep hearing from left and right

The Durango Herald has been very open about posting letters from folks representing the left and the right. Kudos. In every letter, no matter their perspective, they blame the oth...

DATE: Aug 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The Palestinian-Israeli peace process is a farce

Last week’s ugly mess involving the abortive visit to Israel of two Democratic congresswomen was useful for only one reason: It exposed how much the Palestinian-Israeli peace process has bec...

DATE: Aug 25, 2019 | CATEGORY: Thomas Friedman

More gun laws won’t stop evil-doers

I spent some time talking to the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. CBI couldn’t answer the question: how many gun laws are already...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Your airport is doing fine, and that pays dividends

The Durango–La Plata County Airport (DRO) strives for transparency when providing the public with information about airline performance, including cancellations and delays. This is why we wo...

DATE: Aug 24, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

We can do this

City Council gets an earful of ways to start reducing our carbon emissions

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

No reason to destroy ‘hot’ hemp crops

An article in the Herald (“ State and federal regulatory bodies have not established reasonable and consistent THC levels. In Colorado it’s 0.3% for Delta-9 THC (the part of plan...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

I’m reconsidering the wisdom of electric vehicles

Last month I wrote about my search for, and finding of, an electric vehicle after our plug-in Prius was destroyed in a collision. I received messages that made me reconsider if the future of...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

Elvis and the Herald do nothing for me

The Durango Herald continues to show that it no longer wants to be a leader in influencing public opinion for the betterment of our community. Yet again, the lengthy editorial on ...

DATE: Aug 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor