Letters to the Editor - The Durango Herald

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

Rhetoric and leadership

Great rhetoric and great leadership often go hand in hand. “ ... and that a government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” Abraham Lincoln – 1863....

DATE: Aug 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Honor our democracy and police

Jan. 6 will rival the Fourth of July for Trump supporters. Trump wants to honor the traitorous scum that tried to end our democracy. Do Republicans really believe that the riot on our capita...

DATE: Aug 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Politics based on imaginary history

Some people support Donald Trump because they remember prices for gas and food were lower four years ago. They were. But so were wages. Then COVID-19 happened; the economy collapsed. Trump d...

DATE: Aug 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

3rd Congressional District ‘needs a representative like’ Adam Frisch

While there is excitement about the candidacy of Kamala Harris, Democrats and independent voters in Southwest Colorado need to remember the must-win 3rd Congressional race. Adam Frisch is ru...

DATE: Aug 30, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Next Step would ‘destroy the integrity’ of Durango’s Historic District

I am writing this on behalf of the Board of the La Plata County Historical Society. As an organization and as individuals, we are deeply invested in the preservation of the history of Durang...

DATE: Aug 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

Vote for Tim Wheeler for the LPEA board

Tim Wheeler has lived in Durango for 30 years as a resident and business owner. During this time, he has been actively involved in community supporting endeavors, be this the Climate Energy ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

From a childless dog lady

From a childless dog lady and proud of it! Although I am a little miffed that Sen. Vance didn’t call me out as “anti-family.” Does that mean I’m better than the childless cat ladies? Doubtfu...

DATE: Aug 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

The times they are a-changing

In the late ’40s-early ’50s, a small boy could deliver newspapers a half mile from home with his little red wagon, alone and safe. Your home did not have to have the doors locked. Slowly th...

DATE: Aug 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

‘Respect and admiration’ for Animas Valley Institute

I have nothing but respect and admiration for the Animas Valley Institute, the organization that guides people into the wilderness to discover their deeper selves. They were the group respon...

DATE: Aug 28, 2024 | CATEGORY: Letters to the Editor

Durango’s land acknowledgment requires facing ‘problem and its root causes’

The person disparaging Durango’s land acknowledgment because it “focuses on the distant past and the despair and hurt that have occurred” comically misses the entire point of such acknowledg...

DATE: Aug 27, 2024 | CATEGORY: Opinion

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