Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

Next Step is the wrong step

Next Step is a step in the wrong direction for our downtown. Surely, you all remember the city’s last great project idea, an unsightly overpass over the Animas River and 32nd Street to exten...

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Safety on the river trail? Anyone?

Just wondering when the city is going to decide there needs to be some monitoring on the river trail. For the umpteenth time this week (it’s only Wednesday), a helmetless nitwit flew past me...

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

A mom’s endorsement for Matt Salka

As a mother raising my children in La Plata County, I care deeply about the future of our community. I want my kids to grow up in a place where their voices are heard, and their needs are me...

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Extinction crisis, climate change and upcoming election

Planet Earth is in an extinction crisis, and climate change is affecting us and all species on Earth now and in the future. No mention of this from the presidential candidates. This is cruci...

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Trump ‘belittled and demeaned those who served’

As the daughter of a career Air Force officer, and the proud grandmother of an active duty airman, I will never understand how any current member of the military, any veteran, or any family ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Reelect Tim Wheeler to another LPEA term

La Plata Electric Association is in the beginning of a historic period that will shape the future of energy in our region. On April 1, 2026, LPEA will exit its restrictive contract with Tri-...

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

2024 Alliance Summit is a must-attend event

I would like to take a moment to emphasize the importance of attending the upcoming Alliance Summit focused on “People, Place, and Purpose.” As has traditionally been the case, this year’s S...

DATE: Sep 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Vote ‘no’ on 9-R bond

Durango School District 9-R is asking taxpayers for another $150 million bond, even though we still haven’t paid off the $90 million from 2020. The school board seems comfortable spending mo...

DATE: Sep 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Government needs to tighten its belt

Working two to three jobs in the 1990s-into the 21st century, I secured home mortgages on the south side of East Third Avenue that couldn’t be done in 2024, by working around the clock on wh...

DATE: Sep 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Saving our democracy and freedoms

The 2024 presidential election is just around the corner, and the survival of our democracy is on the ballot. The threat is not an external one such as a foreign adversary but an internal on...

DATE: Sep 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Panel to be held about Medicare, Medicare Advantage

In addition to football season and election season, it soon will be open season for Medicare and we’ll be bombarded with ads for Medicare Advantage from private insurance companies. If you ...

DATE: Sep 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Names we should know

Hunter Lopez. Rylee McCullum. Humberto Sanchez. Kareem Nikoui. Nicole Gee. Taylor Hoover. These were kids serving their country in Afghanistan. On Aug. 26, 2021, parents and relatives of the...

DATE: Sep 3, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday