Newsletter Opinion - The Durango Herald

Denver makes our problems look puny

So, Shane Dawson said “We’re a little behind the Denver area.” (“ After moving to Denver from Durango in 2012, it didn’t take long to see the cancer of over-development affecting the qualit...

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

About these city sewer rates: They stink!

I live 0.6 miles north of the city limit and I pay $105 per month for sewer only. My neighbor lives in a modular trailer with no land and pays $156 a month for sewer only. Per the Durango go...

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

It’s not just Colorado that has questionable pension fund portfolios

It’s not just Colorado that has questionable pension fund investments

DATE: Jul 23, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

How not to insult Trump: Don’t call him a racist

Maybe we should stop talking about Donald Trump being a racist. “I think I’m winning,” he told reporters as he left for a rally Wednesday. The president was widely den...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Gail Collins

Water, sewer rates not fair or reasonable

With the arrival of our summer water and sewer bills, it is important to understand why Durango families pay some of the highest rates in the state. The city recently hired a cons...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Left and right fight for authenticity with words, voices and tweets

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Editorials

I’ve been quite busy in Congress so far this year

Half of the year has gone by, and it’s been an especially busy start to the legislative year in Washington. As the representative of Colorado’s largest congressional district, the...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Please, Nancy Pelosi: Fight Trump, not the Squad

For the last few weeks, the House Democratic leadership has been locked in an escalating battle with four left-wing freshmen congresswomen known as “the Squad”: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilh...

DATE: Jul 22, 2019 | CATEGORY: Guest Columns

The real meaning behind Pelosi versus the Squad

What’s at stake in the struggle between Nancy Pelosi and the four progressive House members known as the squad? Partly it’s just the perpetual conflict between younger members wh...

DATE: Jul 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: David Brooks

Porter-Norton for county commissioner

Marsha Porter-Norton is the perfect choice for La Plata County commissioner. Iâ€™ve known Marsha for over 20 years and found her to be an intelligent, dedicated and consummate professional. ...

DATE: Jul 21, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Cory Gardner must act on climate bill

If we’ve learned anything from last year’s record-breaking hurricane season, the wildfires that have scorched our beloved West, recent extreme flooding events and record heat, it’s that we n...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Are we on the road to another Middle East war?

NEW YORK – The best illustration of the incoherence of the administration’s strategy toward Iran came last week in a White House press release. “There is little doubt that even be...

DATE: Jul 20, 2019 | CATEGORY: Fareed Zakaria